beside
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- adposition
- /bɪˈsaɪd/
:
junto a
- As she filled the glass, Hank stood beside her and watched the water flow.
- sit beside someone
- stand beside someone
- walk beside someone
My wing wound up beside the road, left for dead.
- My wing wound up beside the road, left for dead.
- I felt as if I was lying beside a complete stranger.
- And the lady beside him goes, he's blind.
- His wife was standing beside me as my son was being born.
- And now who's sitting right beside me, sort of sleeping next to Audrey.
- I got the lotion right beside me and I am ready to ski.
- I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
- I lean beside the green, green grass.
- She was seated with affection and ease beside her own mother.
- Go ahead, They are sitting beside each other in a House of beauty.
Examples
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Take a seat beside your wife.
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She was seated with affection and ease beside her own mother.
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His wife was standing beside me as my son was being born.
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Yet, sometimes, even with you sleeping beside me I feel so alone.
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Take courage, join hands, stand beside us, fight with us.
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It feels good to be walking beside him, she thinks.
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May I have the honor of walking beside you, Miss Annika?
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Stephen joins me, walks silently beside me for a while, then at length he speaks.
Fiction book (1990) -
I stood beside her.
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His wife was standing beside me as my son was being born.
Synonyms
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Next to someone or something
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In a line beside something, following its length
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Next to each other in the same place
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Close to you to give help and company
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Next to someone or something, side by side
Antonyms
Idioms
How Near
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Beside comes from old parts be- meaning 'by' and side meaning 'side', so it literally meant 'by the side'. So to stand beside someone is to be 'next to' them.