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beside

[bih-sahyd] / bɪˈsaɪd /
ADVERB
next to
Synonyms
WEAK
a step from abreast of adjacent to adjoining alongside aside at one's elbow at the edge of at the side of bordering on by cheek by jowl close at hand close to close upon connected with contiguous to fornent in juxtaposition near nearby neck and neck neighboring next door to nigh opposite overlooking round side by side verging on with
PREPOSITION
next to
Synonyms
WEAK
adjoining alongside aside at one's elbow at the side of by cheek by jowl close at hand close to connected with contiguous to fornent in juxtaposition near nearby neck and neck neighboring next door to nigh opposite overlooking round side by side verging on with

Example Sentences

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Gaze over the rim of your glass to notice Jeff Koons and Ed Ruscha talking closely beside the DJ booth.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

There are vitrines throughout, filled with fine jewelry, asteroid chunks and a brontosaurus tooth; some of them have drink rails, where a martini can rest beside an artifact that’s hundreds of millions of years old.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

Barr interrogated experts from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, crammed in beside top FBI officials around a cheap table.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

"We did it," Péter Magyar told a crowd of cheering supporters in a square beside the River Danube, overlooking Budapest's magnificent parliament on the other side.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

The badger looked around as if she could not possibly believe she was being summoned back, but reluctantly resumed her place in the garden beside Clare.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman