beside
/bɪˈsaɪd/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.19 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
prep
Not relevant to.
prep
Example Sentences
- "A small table beside the bed"
- "That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion."
- "For quotations using this term, see Citations:beside."
- "I'll need another dictionary beside this one."
- "To all beside, as much an empty shade, An Eugene living, as a Caesar dead."
- "April 8 1805, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, "Orange Blossom" O how the honey tells the tale of its birthplace to the sense of sight and odour! and to how many minute and uneyeable insects beside!"
Etymology
From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be sīdan, bī sīdan (“by the side (of), on the side (of)”). Compare Saterland Frisian biesiede (“aside”), German Low German bisied (“aside”), German beiseite (“aside, to one side”). Compare also Dutch terzijde (“aside”). By surface analysis, be- + side.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: beside, be sīdan
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /bɪˈsaɪd/
- British English: /bɪˈsaɪd/