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Definition of Beside
1. prep. At the side of; on one side of.
Definition of Beside
1. Preposition. Next to; at the side of. ¹
2. Preposition. Not relevant to. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Beside
1. next to [prep]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Beside
Literary usage of Beside
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville, Henry Reeve, John Canfield Spencer (1848)
"WHETHER LAWS AND MANNERS ARE SUFFICIENT TO MAINTAIN DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS IN
OTHER COUNTRIES beside AMERICA. Tha Anglo-Americans, if transported into ..."
2. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"Nor Hector knew their plight; for still he fought Far on the battle's left beside
the banks Of swift Scamander ; where the cry had wax'd Round mighty Nestor ..."
3. Main Street by Sinclair Lewis (1920)
"She ignored Bea's call from the kitchen; she ran up-stairs to the unfrequented
guest-room; she wept in terror, her body a pale arc as she knelt beside a ..."
4. Walden by Henry David Thoreau (1897)
"beside, he tells us that he showed it to very few. But are they not indeed
distinguished who are conscious that they are regarded at all ? ..."
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