Definitions
If x is beside y, it is close to y, but not in front or behind.
Word origin
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.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Alongside”6 letters
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