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be⋅sides
[bi-sahydz] 
–adverb
| 1. | moreover; furthermore; also: Besides, I promised her we would come. |
| 2. | in addition: There are three elm trees and two maples besides. |
| 3. | otherwise; else: They had a roof over their heads but not much besides. |
–preposition
| 4. | over and above; in addition to: Besides a mother he has a sister to support. |
| 5. | other than; except: There's no one here besides Bill and me. |
Synonyms:
1. further. Besides, moreover both indicate something additional to what has already been stated. Besides often suggests that the addition is in the nature of an afterthought: The bill cannot be paid as yet; besides, the work is not completed. Moreover is more formal and implies that the addition is something particular, emphatic, or important: I did not like the house; moreover, it was too high-priced.
1. further. Besides, moreover both indicate something additional to what has already been stated. Besides often suggests that the addition is in the nature of an afterthought: The bill cannot be paid as yet; besides, the work is not completed. Moreover is more formal and implies that the addition is something particular, emphatic, or important: I did not like the house; moreover, it was too high-priced.
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| be·sides (bĭ-sīdz') adv.
[Middle English : biside, at the side; see beside + -es, adv. suff.; see -s3.] Usage Note: Some critics argue that beside and besides should be kept distinct when they are used as prepositions. According to that argument, beside is used only to mean "at the side of," as in There was no one in the seat beside me. For the meanings "in addition to" and "except for" besides should be used: Besides replacing the back stairs, she fixed the broken banister. No one besides Smitty would say a thing like that. But this distinction is often ignored, even by widely respected writers. While it is true that besides can never mean "at the side of," beside regularly appears in print in place of besides. Using beside in this way can be ambiguous, however; the sentence There was no one beside him at the table could mean that he had the table to himself or that the seats next to him were not occupied. See Usage Note at together. |
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Besides
Be*sides"\, Beside \Be*side"\, adv. [OE. Same as beside, prep.; the ending -s is an adverbial one, prop. a genitive sign.]1. On one side. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Shak. 2. More than that; over and above; not included in the number, or in what has been mentioned; moreover; in addition. The men said unto Lot, Hast thou here any besides ? --Gen. xix. 12. To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a C[ae]sar dead. --Pope. Note: These sentences may be considered as elliptical.
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Language Translation for : besides
Spanish:
aparte de, además de,
German:
außer,
Japanese:
～のほかに
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