besidepreposition
uk/bɪˈsaɪd/us/bɪˈsaɪd/A2 at the side of, next to:
Come and sit here beside me.
Our school was built right beside a river.
compared to another person or thing:
Those books seem very dull beside this one.
be beside the point
C2 to be in no way connected to the subject that is being discussed:
Let's stick to discussing whether the road should be built at all. The exact cost is beside the point.
More examples
- Come and sit beside me, duck.
- She knelt down beside the child.
- Feeling a tug at his sleeve, he turned to see Joe beside him.
- His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.
- The photograph shows the happy couple standing beside a banana tree.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Next to and beside
- abreast
- adjacent
- adjoining
- along
- alongside
- at sb's elbow idiom
- border
- contiguous
- coterminous
- elbow
- neighbouring
- next door
- on
- shoulder
- shoulder to shoulder idiom
- side
- surround
- to
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Idiom(s)
be beside yourself