beside

Từ điển tiếng Anh - Cambridge Advanced Learners Dictionary

beside UK US [bɪˈsaɪd] preposition
1. <I > at the side of, next to
• Come and sit here beside me.
• Our school was built right beside a river.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Next to and beside
2. compared to another person or thing
• Those books seem rather dull beside this one.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Comparing and contrasting
3. be beside the point
to be in no way connected to the subject that is being discussed
• Let's stick to discussing whether the road should be built at all. The exact cost is beside the point.
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Irrelevant
 
• Come and sit beside me, duck.
• She knelt down beside the child.
• Feeling a tug at his sleeve, he turned to see Joe beside him.
• His parents kept vigil beside his bed for weeks before he died.
• The photograph shows the happy couple standing beside a banana tree.
Idiom: beside yourself