Beside
preposition
At the side of, next to.
She sat beside him during the dinner.
Often appears as...
- sit beside
- walk beside
preposition
Not connected with.
Beside the point, the rest of his argument was sound.
Often appears as...
- beside the point
- beside oneself
adverb
Used to say that someone is not calm and is very worried.
She was beside herself with worry when her son didn't come home.
Often appears as...
- beside oneself with grief
- beside oneself with anger
preposition
At the side of, next to.
She sat beside him during the dinner.
Often appears as...
- sit beside
- walk beside
preposition
Not connected with.
Beside the point, the rest of his argument was sound.
Often appears as...
- beside the point
- beside oneself
adverb
Used to say that someone is not calm and is very worried.
She was beside herself with worry when her son didn't come home.
Often appears as...
- beside oneself with grief
- beside oneself with anger
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Proximity
Use 'beside' to describe objects or people that are physically close together.
The lamp stood beside the sofa.
Pro Tip 2/3Equal Standing
'Beside' can imply a sense of equality or companionship in social contexts.
He jogged beside his friend, matching his pace.
Pro Tip 3/3Directly Next To
'Beside' specifically means directly next to, without any gap or object in between.
Place your bag beside mine, so we don't lose it.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Proximity
Use 'beside' to describe objects or people that are physically close together.
The lamp stood beside the sofa.
Pro Tip 2/3Equal Standing
'Beside' can imply a sense of equality or companionship in social contexts.
He jogged beside his friend, matching his pace.
Pro Tip 3/3Directly Next To
'Beside' specifically means directly next to, without any gap or object in between.
Place your bag beside mine, so we don't lose it.
Pro Tip 1/3Physical Proximity
Use 'beside' to describe objects or people that are physically close together.
The lamp stood beside the sofa.
Pro Tip 2/3Equal Standing
'Beside' can imply a sense of equality or companionship in social contexts.
He jogged beside his friend, matching his pace.
Pro Tip 3/3Directly Next To
'Beside' specifically means directly next to, without any gap or object in between.
Place your bag beside mine, so we don't lose it.
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Video examples
Filming Flying Squirrels...
flash in overhead and make you jump sometimes land on a tree right beside but they're so so quick it's quite hard sometimes to get the camera on them and get them in focus before they're straight out again we've got one particular character called norbert he's a bit chubby than the others and he seems to like coming
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What's Hiding in the...
searchlights i'm sitting beside the pilot in the transparent bubble in the middle and the whole craft is massively strengthened to withstand the huge pressures of the depths as we go down it gets darker and darker the water is thick with small floating
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"Everything happens for...
I felt like I was floating, floating on the love and prayers of all those who hummed around me like worker bees, bringing me notes and socks and flowers and quilts embroidered with words of encouragement. But when they sat beside me,
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What I learned from...
looking at the world turn beside you. It's roaring silently with color and texture as it pours by mesmerizingly next to you. And if you can tear your eyes away from that and you look under your arm down at the rest of everything,
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A day in the life of a...
Each century is commanded by a centurion. An aquilifer, or eagle-bearer, marches at the head of each legion carrying its eagle standard. The centurions march beside the legionaries belting out orders, “Dex, sin, dex, sin,"
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Watch This Veteran Fly...
Michelle had landed right beside him his head was at my shoulder when I put this tourniquet around him and I could see his like shredded I said I knew I couldn't cope with that when I found out that he had died
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Fighting injustice with...
life I saw how art can heal but my aunt also told me that it can inspire and transform during the many nights in her room stacked ceiling high with art books we would sit beside her tiny coffee
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Cuttlefish Mimics Being...
beside goliath and under his protection a female who has just mated with him but other rivals are still interested
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The Blue Planet...
but all the creatures that swim beside it would not be here were it not for one key factor the deep ocean currents
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Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
but all the creatures that swim beside it would not be here were it not for one key factor the deep ocean currents
Video examples
Filming Flying Squirrels...
flash in overhead and make you jump sometimes land on a tree right beside but they're so so quick it's quite hard sometimes to get the camera on them and get them in focus before they're straight out again we've got one particular character called norbert he's a bit chubby than the others and he seems to like coming
Video examples
What's Hiding in the...
searchlights i'm sitting beside the pilot in the transparent bubble in the middle and the whole craft is massively strengthened to withstand the huge pressures of the depths as we go down it gets darker and darker the water is thick with small floating
Video examples
"Everything happens for...
I felt like I was floating, floating on the love and prayers of all those who hummed around me like worker bees, bringing me notes and socks and flowers and quilts embroidered with words of encouragement. But when they sat beside me,
Video examples
What I learned from...
looking at the world turn beside you. It's roaring silently with color and texture as it pours by mesmerizingly next to you. And if you can tear your eyes away from that and you look under your arm down at the rest of everything,
Video examples
A day in the life of a...
Each century is commanded by a centurion. An aquilifer, or eagle-bearer, marches at the head of each legion carrying its eagle standard. The centurions march beside the legionaries belting out orders, “Dex, sin, dex, sin,"
Video examples
Watch This Veteran Fly...
Michelle had landed right beside him his head was at my shoulder when I put this tourniquet around him and I could see his like shredded I said I knew I couldn't cope with that when I found out that he had died
Video examples
Fighting injustice with...
life I saw how art can heal but my aunt also told me that it can inspire and transform during the many nights in her room stacked ceiling high with art books we would sit beside her tiny coffee
Video examples
Cuttlefish Mimics Being...
beside goliath and under his protection a female who has just mated with him but other rivals are still interested
Video examples
The Blue Planet...
but all the creatures that swim beside it would not be here were it not for one key factor the deep ocean currents
Video examples
Best Of Oceans PIPE BBC...
but all the creatures that swim beside it would not be here were it not for one key factor the deep ocean currents
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Quote examples
Terri Irwin
American Scientist
Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and say, 'I've conquered that; now I'm moving on.' It's something that walks beside you every day. And if you can learn how to manage it and honour the person that you miss, you can take something that is incredibly sad and have some form of positivity.
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Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself.
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Tig Notaro
American Comedian
Even in losing my mother, beautiful, amazing awakenings have happened within my family. Of course, losing her is not what you want. The things that happened after her death, she would be so just beside herself with joy that life turned out that way.
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Cicely Tyson
American Actress
One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don't want anybody to walk ahead of me, and I don't want anybody to walk behind me. I want a man who will walk along beside me. And that's how I feel about equal rights.
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Clarence Clemons
American Musician
To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at the river. I watch it and notice when it rises and falls.
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Unknown
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
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Victor Hugo
French Author
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
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Walter Savage Landor
English Poet
There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
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Walter Winchell
American Journalist
Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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Terri Irwin
American Scientist
Grief is never something you get over. You don't wake up one morning and say, 'I've conquered that; now I'm moving on.' It's something that walks beside you every day. And if you can learn how to manage it and honour the person that you miss, you can take something that is incredibly sad and have some form of positivity.
Quote examples
Quentin Tarantino
American Director
Truth be told, actually, my favorite director of the Movie Brats was not Scorsese. Loved him. But my favorite director of the Movie Brats was Brian de Palma. I actually met De Palma right after I'd done 'Reservoir Dogs,' and I was very beside myself.
Quote examples
Tig Notaro
American Comedian
Even in losing my mother, beautiful, amazing awakenings have happened within my family. Of course, losing her is not what you want. The things that happened after her death, she would be so just beside herself with joy that life turned out that way.
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Cicely Tyson
American Actress
One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don't want anybody to walk ahead of me, and I don't want anybody to walk behind me. I want a man who will walk along beside me. And that's how I feel about equal rights.
Quote examples
Clarence Clemons
American Musician
To me, music is a river. I have lived my life beside the river. Every day, I get up and look at the river. I watch it and notice when it rises and falls.
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Unknown
Don't walk behind me; I may not lead. Don't walk in front of me; I may not follow. Just walk beside me and be my friend.
Quote examples
Victor Hugo
French Author
Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
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Saint Teresa of Avila
Spanish Saint
The tree that is beside the running water is fresher and gives more fruit.
Quote examples
Walter Savage Landor
English Poet
There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.
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Walter Winchell
American Journalist
Never above you. Never below you. Always beside you.
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