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besides

[bih-sahydz]

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adverb

moreover; furthermore; also: Besides, I promised her we would come.

in addition: There are three elm trees and two maples besides.

otherwise; else: They had a roof over their heads but not much besides.

preposition

over and above; in addition to: Besides a mother he has a sister to support.

other than; except: There's no one here besides Bill and me.

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a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.

an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

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Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English; see beside, -s¹

Can be confused: beside, besides (see usage note at beside).

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.

Usage note
4, 5. See beside.

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Besides buying low, you sell shares when the markets soar.

Besides full-time faculty members, the bargaining unit includes librarians and counselors.

There is a great deal to physics besides elementary particles.

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Besides buying low, you sell shares when the markets soar.

Besides full-time faculty members, the bargaining unit includes librarians and counselors.

There is a great deal to physics besides elementary particles.

By contrast, immigration-delay disease doesn't come with any side effects besides a minor reduction in the ability to sweat.

Growing some ourselves saved quite a bit and was fun besides.

Besides generating pharmaceuticals, transgenic animals can also provide research models of currently incurable human diseases.

Besides basic red beets, nurseries and garden catalogs offer seeds of golden yellow and white varieties.

Besides taming toxic side effects, the cancer treatment stuck around in the tumor longer, he said in an interview.

Besides computer screens, the biggest saboteur for an aspiring morning person is the weekend.

There is another type of retailer, besides online ones, bound to end up with smiles on their faces.

The excavation has turned up a variety of interesting artifacts besides the human remains.

Since then, nothing else happened besides my penis now looking a little bent.

Besides clearing the ground, the beetles' activity fertilizes the soil.

Besides throwing a curve into the usually angular vegetable garden, it saves space and is less likely to topple in wind.

Besides location updates, owners can use accompanying software to create a virtual fence for the animal.

One of the strongest determinants, besides wealth, seems to be good governance including a broad commitment to the rule of law.

Besides our two issues they really respond to commands and are great with people.

Besides science, another area that is lagging is the court system.

Besides being primitive, a pinhole camera is cheap, and it almost guarantees an unusual result.

Besides deforming plants, the galls may cause serious damage by interrupting the flow of water and nutrients.

There is nothing that implies that you have to do anything besides run.

Besides lighting more homes, the new venture will help make the local airport safer for landings.

Besides stating the alliance's case for zero waste, the site tells visitors how to acheive it.

Besides infection from unsterile needles, exposure to mercury and other heavy metals is a risk to consider when getting a tattoo.

Besides being a fantastic image, something else seemed unusual.

Besides the citron-colored torch lilies, a second, taller torch lily adds a dash of orange.

Besides road density, another good measure of congestion is the average speed of traffic.

Besides the usual slowdowns, this was a pretty painless story.

Of course, besides safety concerns, there were other drawbacks.

It came from studying the fossils of other animals besides early humans.

You'll find other herbicides on the market besides those listed.

Besides such broad-brush figures, the report mentions specific cases.

Besides benefiting outdoor compost piles, coffee grounds are also a preferred food of composting worms.

US states are beginning to attack another major source of global warming pollution besides power plants: your car.

Whether oil is currently used to generate power or not is besides the point.

Besides water conservation, the chief advantage of drip systems is flexibility.

Besides reducing fossil-fuel dependence and boosting trade balances, biofuels have another advantage: they create lots of jobs.

The salty lake sustains no fish and little vegetation besides spirulina algae.

But then some asked if the medicine actually worked, or what else the medicine did, besides its intended use.

Besides the familiar green sort, you'll find types with yellow or purple pods.

Besides defence applications, there are a number of civil uses.

Besides that, the scene had a lovely hazy quality, which unfortunately rendered the scene quite flat.

Besides being rather cool, the result provides new insight into how to treat traumatic memories in people.

Besides a small snack bar and video games, there's not much to distract you.

There is no game plan besides simply occupying public space, eating, and drinking.

Besides the seals and otters, bottlenose dolphins and two species of porpoises live there year-round.

But besides serving as a stress-coping mechanism, expressive writing produces many physiological benefits.

But if you plan on doing anything besides skiing, it's more fun to stay in town.

Filling the gap between model and reality may need something besides this.

Besides being much younger, the white stars are much more loosely distributed than the yellow cluster.

Besides its novelty, a synthetic steroid's chemical stability under testing conditions also affects its chances of detection.

Besides flavor, pasture-raised eggs seem to be better for you too.

Besides man-made threats, salmon have long contended with wild predators along their way back to where they hatched.

Besides looking tidy and needing nearly no water, it is no longer a stopping spot for dog walkers.

In the interest of talking about something besides the debt ceiling for a moment, here's an.

Besides of that, my working environment is getting so bitter and sour, that it is depressing and difficult to concentrate.

Besides staging games that are exciting and safe, three criteria will determine how well it does.

Besides the first seafood dinner, signs of the earliest symbolic thought.

Besides folding flat for storage, it can be painted and decorated to suit your particular.

From there it spread rapidly, with the result that every business house in town is burned, besides about.

Whether or not that turns into a tragedy depends upon much else besides dry spending totals.

Can't look at the stuff ever again, besides plain old oatmeal.

Besides being not much bigger than a lunch box, this pipsqueak of a portable pumps.

Besides that, it would cut defense costs dramatically.

When the grad schools evaluate the applications, besides looking at the applicant's grades from.

Several animals besides mole rats are known to be magnetosensitive.

Besides the natural beauty along the route-tidal flats.

Besides his colorful demeanor, the history which he presented made each battle site a reality.

Besides its famous sleek design that was ahead of its time.

Besides these there are many other distinguished men whose graves are in those grounds.

I've already gone over the department website thoroughly and done other research besides that.

Still, promotions can also cause problems for others besides statisticians.

The only life form that regularly inhabits the bulk of the continent, besides scientists, is bacteria.

Besides special and general relativity, his work helped to launch quantum mechanics and modern statistical mechanics.

Would be nice to showcase some more obscure species though besides the old standbys.

Besides doing the job, it amuses her neighbors and the mailman, she says.

Besides keywords, advertisers can connect their ads to specific.

Mentor's three letter writers have something in common besides their bitterness.

Besides the cold and the darkness, deep-sea animals face a third danger-other creatures.

Besides mentioning it the authors don't explore the biological underpinnings in their article.

Besides capturing the driveway area, the house also grew into the backyard with a kitchen addition extending from the rear.

Besides the advantage of continued immersion in academic culture, jobs in campus libraries offer more-tangible benefits.

Besides being a great photo opportunity, it was the first time these children had flown a kite.

Many things could go wrong on launch besides a cataclysmic explosion with no warning.

Besides flat enrollment, another pressing issue is the lack of graduates entering the academic librarian profession.

Besides the usual spoils of war, the conquerors sought human captives, which were essential for a king to maintain power.

He said this was evidence that the transportation system would have to use something besides gasoline.

My aim is to not use anything electrical besides maybe light.

Besides they are traded in deeper, better regulated markets here.

Besides being tough, a quality jacket also has to be warm.

But there's really no other game in town right at the moment besides our approach.

Besides orb-weaving spiders, three kinds of creatures make fairly noticeable webs on fruit trees.

Besides being ridiculously tough and virtually waterproof, there's a worn beauty to the rubber.

These staff members are busy people, with many other personnel matters to deal with besides the hiring of new faculty members.

Besides beautiful crafts and folk art, visitors can find all kinds of contemporary items.

Besides nutrition, there are also mechanical and psychological issues to consider.

Remind students that other animals besides cranes are helped by having this safe habitat.

Besides managing the family tent, some have even taken to driving the tribe's water truck.

The world needs an option besides narcotics but unfortunately the last real block buster drug was viagra.

Besides a big increase in the amount of debris floating in the oceans, the kind of debris has changed too.

If coal is carbon neutral please explain to me what it is made of besides carbon that makes it neutral.

Davis has tried many creepy-crawly critters besides termites.

My boots were wet and completely soaked in mud besides.

Besides paving the way for ultrapowerful computers and.

Besides defense, this lizard's colorful frill may be used to help regulate body temperature.

Besides the thrill of discovery, old bones provide them with a comfortable livelihood.

Besides the lake that is so far under the ice will become much easier to reach.

They found no correlation between the disease and any of the materials besides pesticides, however.

My family is not really into poems and no one knows that it is a holiday besides us.

Besides methamphetamine abuse, the women did not have any other significant risk factors for stroke.

Besides rockets, new space will also need launchpads and destinations.

Then, besides the forests, there is other thriving life in these cold waters.

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World English Dictionary

besides (bɪˈsaɪdz)

—*prep*
1.	apart from; even considering: besides costing too much, the scheme is impractical

—*sentence connector*
2.	anyway; moreover

—*adv*
3.	as well

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Word Origin & History

besides

c.1200, beside + adv. gen. -s. Once sharing all the senses of beside, now properly limited to "in addition to, otherwise."

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