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Definição e significado de beside
Definição
beside (prp.)
1.(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct"lasted approximately an hour" "in just about a minute" "he's about 30 years old" "I've had about all I can stand" "we meet about once a month" "some forty people came" "weighs around a hun..."
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Merriam Webster
BesideBe*side" (�), prep. [OE. biside, bisiden, bisides, prep. and adv., beside, besides; pref. be- by + side. Cf. Besides, and see Side, n.]
1. At the side of; on one side of. “Beside him hung his bow.” Milton.
2. Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of.
[You] have done enough
To put him quite beside his patience. Shak.
3. Over and above; distinct from; in addition to. [In this use besides is now commoner.]
Wise and learned men beside those whose names are in the Christian records. Addison.
To be beside one's self, to be out of one's wits or senses.
Paul, thou art beside thyself. Acts xxvi. 24.
Syn. -- Beside, Besides. These words, whether used as prepositions or adverbs, have been considered strictly synonymous, from an early period of our literature, and have been freely interchanged by our best writers. There is, however, a tendency, in present usage, to make the following distinction between them: 1. That beside be used only and always as a preposition, with the original meaning “by the side of; ” as, to sit beside a fountain; or with the closely allied meaning “aside from”, “apart from”, or “out of”; as, this is beside our present purpose; to be beside one's self with joy. The adverbial sense to be wholly transferred to the cognate word. 2. That besides, as a preposition, take the remaining sense “in addition to”, as, besides all this; besides the considerations here offered. “There was a famine in the land besides the first famine.” Gen. xxvi. 1. And that it also take the adverbial sense of “moreover”, “beyond”, etc., which had been divided between the words; as, besides, there are other considerations which belong to this case. The following passages may serve to illustrate this use of the words: --
The multitude, beside themselves with fear. Shak.
May unfold me to him; there stand I in much peril. Shak.
See Moreover.
Sinónimos
beside (prp.)
about, abreast of, almost, approximately, around, broadly, by, by comparison with, close on, close to, compared to, compared with, in comparison with, in the region of, -ish, just about, more or less, near, near to, neighbouring, next, next to, or so, or thereabouts, right by, roughly, roundabout, some, something like, somewhere in the region of, approx (abbreviation), in the neighborhood of (American), in the neighbourhood of (British), sort of (colloquial)
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Locuções
⇨ be beside oneself • be beside oneself (with) • be beside the point • be beside the question • beside it • beside one another • beside oneself
⇨ Beside Myself • Beside Still Waters • Beside This Brief Hexagonal • Beside You • Beside You (Marianas Trench song) • Beside You in Time • Beside Yourself • Beside the Ocean of Time • Chair Beside a Window • Devil Beside You • Ghost Beside My Bed • Heaven Beside You • I Do Like To be Beside the Seaside • I lift my lamp beside the golden door • Oh We Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside • Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die) • Right Beside You • Stand Beside Me • The Stranger Beside Me • The Stranger Beside Me (film)
Dicionario analógico
beside (adv.)
de plus, en plus, par surcroît (fr)[Classe]
de plus (argumentation) (fr)[Classe]
beside (prep.)
(quantité) préposition marquant l'approximation (fr)[Classe]
(espace) près de (fr)[Classe]
(espace) aux environs de (fr)[Classe]
proche (dans l'espace) (fr)[Caract.]
beside (prep.)
beside (prep.)
préposition (Comparaison) (fr)[Classe]
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