Meaning

3 senses
  1. Next to; at the side of.

    A small table beside the bed

  2. Not relevant to.

    That is beside the point / beside the topic / beside the subject / beside the focus of this discussion.

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    neben

    поми́моpomímo

  3. Besides; in addition to.

    I'll need another dictionary beside this one.

Examples

348 sentences
  1. The queen stood beside the king.

    Королева стояла коло короля.

    ruКоролева стояла возле короля.

    deDie Königin stand neben dem König.

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  2. Everybody wants to sit beside her.

    Всі хочуть сидіти біля неї.

    ruВсе хотят сидеть возле неё.

    deAlle wollen neben ihr sitzen.

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  3. Tom sat beside me in church.

    Том сів поруч зі мною у церкві.

    ruТом сидел рядом со мной в церкви.

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  4. The cat likes to sleep beside me.

    Кіт любить спати поруч зі мною.

    ruКошка любит спать возле меня.

    deDie Katze schläft gern neben mir.

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  5. I sat beside her.

    Я сів поруч із нею.

    ruЯ сел возле неё.

    deIch saß neben ihr.

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Translations

5 languages
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Origin

From Middle English beside, besiden, bisyde (also besides > besides), from Old English be

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.

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