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bi-SYD/bɪˈsaɪd/

Next to someone or something: beside. Sit beside me / the lamp beside the bed. Besides means “also” or “apart from” — extra s, different job. Next to is the plain cousin.

Meaning

Next to someone or something.

Examples

• “Sit beside me.”
• “Park beside the wall.”
• “She sat beside her brother.”

Good to know

beside + noun (next to). Not besides (also).

Near in meaning

next to

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