besides

English

Etymology

From Middle English biside, equivalent to beside +‎ -s (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /bəˈsaɪdz/, /biˈsaɪdz/

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Preposition

besides

1. In addition, in addition to.
   • 1661, John Fell, “The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond”, quoted in Ecclesiastical Biography by Christopher Wordsworth, fourth edition, volume IV, London: Francis & John Rivington (1853):

     During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]

   • 1776, Thomas Pennant, A Tour in Scotland and Voyage to the Hebrides, 1772

     It is besides used as a food, either as a sallad^[sic], raw, or boiled as greens.

2. Other than; except for; instead of.

   I don't want to go anywhere besides India.

3. (obsolete) Beside.
   • 1561, Geneva Bible, Acts 16:13,^{The Geneva Bible#page/n1075}

     And on the Sabbath day, we went out of the citie, beſides a riuer, where they were wont to pray : and we ſate downe, and ſpake vnto the women, which were come together.

   • 1577, Raphael Holinshed et al., The Firste Volume of the Chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande, London: John Hunne, “The Historie of Englande. Aldestane,” p. 225,^[1]

     After this, was Edwin the Kings brother accuſed of ſome conſpiracie by him begun againſt the K. whervpõ he was baniſhed the land, and ſent out in an old rotten veſſell without rower or Marriner, onely accompanied with one Eſquire, ſo that beeing launched foorth from the ſhore, through very diſpaire Edwin lept into the Sea, and drowned himſelfe, but the Eſquire that was with him recouered his body, and broughte it to land at Withſand beſides Canterbury.

   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Qveene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for VVilliam Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938, book 2, canto 1, page 198:

     Beſides them both, vpon the ſoiled gras / The dead corſe of an armed knight was ſpred, […]

Synonyms

• (in addition): beyond, on top of; see also Thesaurus:in addition to
• (other than): barring, besides, save for; see also Thesaurus:except

Translations

in addition to

• Belarusian: апрача (aprača)
• Bulgarian: осве́н това́ (osvén tová)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 除了...以外 (chúle...yǐwài)

• Czech: kromě (cs)
• Dutch: naast (nl)
• Esperanto: cetere (eo), aldone al
• Finnish: lisäksi (fi)
• French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr),
• Georgian: დამატებით (damaṭebit), ამას გარდა (amas garda), გარდა ამისა (garda amisa)
• German: außer (de)
• Greek: εκτός (el) (ektós)
• Hungarian: mellett (hu), kívül (hu)
• Indonesian: selain (id)

• Irish: le cois
• Italian: oltre a
• Japanese: ...のほかに (...no hoka ni), ...に加えて (...ni kuwaete)
• Latin: item
• Polish: oprócz (pl), poza (pl)
• Portuguese: além de (pt)
• Russian: кро́ме (ru) (króme), поми́мо (ru) (pomímo)
• Scottish Gaelic: a bharrachd air, a thuilleadh air
• Serbo-Croatian: pored (sh), osim (sh), uz (sh)
• Slovak: okrem, popri
• Slovene: póleg
• Spanish: aparte de, además (es), asimismo (es)
• Swahili: aidha (sw)
• Turkish: dışında (tr) pl
• Ukrainian: крім (krim), крім того́ (krim tohó)
• Venetian: apèđe (vec)
• Vietnamese: cũng như

other than; except for

• Arabic: إِلَّا‎ (ar) (ʾillā), بِٱسْتِثْنَاء‎ (bi-stiṯnāʾ)
• Armenian: բացի (hy) (bacʿi)
• Bulgarian: осве́н (bg) (osvén)
• Burmese: အပြင် (my) (a.prang)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 除了...以外 (chúle...yǐwài)

• Dutch: behalve (nl)
• Esperanto: krom (eo), escepte (de)
• Finnish: paitsi (fi), muu kuin
• French: excepté (fr), sauf (fr)
• Georgian: გარეშე (gareše)
• German: außer (de)
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰 (alja)
• Greek: εκτός (el) (ektós), πλην (el) (plin)

  Ancient: πλήν (plḗn) (+ genitive), νόσφι (nósphi) (+ genitive), ἄνευ (áneu) (+ genitive), ἔξω (éxō) (+ genitive), ἐκτός (ektós) (+ genitive), ἔμπλην (émplēn), δίχα (díkha), παρέκ (parék)

• Hungarian: kivéve (hu), csak (hu), csakis, egyedül (hu)
• Irish: seachas, diomaite de
• Italian: ad eccezione di
• Japanese: ...を除いて (...o nozoite), ...以外は (ja) (...いがいは, ...igai wa)
• Maori: hāunga
• Persian: بجز‎ (fa) (bejoz), جز‎ (fa) (joz)
• Portuguese: além de (pt), a não ser (pt), exceto (pt)
• Russian: кро́ме (ru) (króme), исключа́я (ru) (isključája), за исключе́нием (ru) (za isključénijem)
• Serbo-Croatian: osim (sh)
• Slovak: okrem
• Slovene: rázen (sl)
• Spanish: excepto (es), salvo (es)
• Venetian: a parte
• Vietnamese: trừ (vi), ngoại trừ, ngoài (vi)
• West Frisian: njonken

Adverb

besides (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) Also; in addition.
   • 1886, Robert Louis Stevenson, Kidnapped

     This was but one of Cluny’s hiding-places; he had caves, besides, and underground chambers in several parts of his country; and following the reports of his scouts, he moved from one to another as the soldiers drew near or moved away.

   • 2012 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport:

     In the end, Chelsea's organisation and discipline was rewarded but Di Matteo knows they will have to produce the same - and more besides - in the Nou Camp to confirm a meeting with either Real Madrid or Bayern Munich in the final in Munich next month.

2. (conjunctive) Used to emphasize an additional point, especially an important or stronger reason; moreover; furthermore.

   I don't feel like going out tonight. Besides, I have to work tomorrow morning anyway.

3. Otherwise; else.

   I have been to Spain but nowhere besides.

4. (obsolete) On one side.
   • 1609, William Shakespeare, “Sonnet 112”, in Shake-speares Sonnets. […], London: By G[eorge] Eld for T[homas] T[horpe] and are to be sold by William Aspley, OCLC 216596634:

     You are so strongly in my purpose bred
     That all the world besides methinks are dead

   • c. 1611, George Chapman (translator), The Iliads of Homer, London: Nathaniell Butter, Book 8, p. 111,^[2]

     Yet Teucer would another shaft, at Hectors life dispose;
     So faine, he such a marke would hit: but still besides it goes;

Translations

also; in addition

• Bulgarian: също (bg) (sǎšto), в допълнение (v dopǎlnenie)
• Catalan: a més (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 還有 (zh), 还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 並且 (zh), 并且 (zh) (bìngqiě)

• Dutch: bovendien (nl), daarenboven (nl), daarbij (nl)
• Esperanto: aldone, krome, plue
• Finnish: lisäksi (fi)
• French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr)
• German: außerdem (de), weiterhin (de), darüber hinaus (de)
• Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos)
• Haitian Creole: dayè

• Hungarian: ezenkívül (hu), ezenfelül (hu), azonkívül (hu), azonfelül (hu), még (hu), hozzá (hu), mellé (hu), emellett, amellett (hu), azontúl (hu)
• Irish: le cois
• Italian: in aggiunta
• Japanese: それに (ja) (sore ni), ほかに (hoka ni)
• Latin: alioqui
• Polish: poza tym (pl)
• Portuguese: além disso (pt), fora isso, ademais (pt)
• Russian: кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó), к тому́ же (k tomú že)
• Slovak: tiež, navyše
• Spanish: además (es), aparte (es), amén de
• Telugu: పైగా (te) (paigā)
• Ukrainian: крім того́ (krim tohó)
• Vietnamese: ngoài ra (vi)

moreover; furthermore

• Arabic: عِلَاوَة عَلَى ذٰلِكَ‎ (ʿilāwa ʿalā ḏālika)
• Bulgarian: освен това (osven tova)
• Catalan: a més a més (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 並且 (zh), 并且 (zh) (bìngqiě), 而且 (zh) (érqiě), 還有 (zh), 还有 (zh) (háiyǒu), 況且 (zh), 况且 (zh) (kuàngqiě)

• Dutch: daarnaast (nl), bovendien (nl), voorts (nl)
• Esperanto: cetere (eo), krome, plue
• Finnish: lisäksi (fi), sitä paitsi (fi)
• French: de plus (fr), en plus (fr) en outre (fr), de surcroît (fr), par surcroît (fr) par ailleurs (fr), d'un autre côté (fr), d'autre part (fr), au reste (fr), du reste (fr), d'ailleurs (fr)
• German: außerdem (de)

• Greek: επιπλέον (el) (epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) (epiprosthétos), συν τοις άλλοις (el) (syn tois állois)
• Haitian Creole: dayè
• Hungarian: különben is, egyébként is, amúgy is
• Italian: inoltre (it)
• Japanese: さらに (ja) (sara ni), その上に (そのうえに, sono ue ni), なお (nao)
• Latin: praeter (la)
• Polish: zresztą (pl), poza tym (pl)
• Portuguese: além disso (pt), fora isso
• Russian: бо́лее того́ (bóleje tovó), сверх того́ (sverx tovó)
• Slovak: navyše, tiež
• Spanish: además (es)
• Telugu: పైగా (te) (paigā)
• Vietnamese: hơn nữa (vi)

otherwise; else

• Bulgarian: освен (bg) (osven)
• Catalan: d'altra banda
• Dutch: behalve dat, daarnaast (nl), daarbuiten (nl)
• Finnish: muuten (fi)
• French: sinon (fr)
• Greek: άλλωστε (el) (álloste), εξάλλου (el) (exállou)

• Hungarian: különben (hu), egyébként (hu), amúgy (hu), máskülönben (hu), azonkívül (hu)
• Italian: altrimenti (it)
• Russian: кро́ме того́ (ru) (króme tovó)
• Slovak: inak
• Spanish: de lo contrario, si no
• Vietnamese: nếu không

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Translations to be checked

• Italian: ^{(please verify)} inoltre (it)

See also

• on top of that
• beside