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{
"term": "beside",
"partOfSpeech": "preposition",
"ox5000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "next to or at the side of somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He sat beside her all night."
},
{
"text": "a mill beside a stream"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "compared with somebody/something",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My painting looks childish beside yours."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to not be important or closely related to the main thing you are talking about",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Yes, I know it was an accident, but that's beside the point."
},
{
"text": "They took my words out of context, but that’s beside the point."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "unable to control yourself because of the strength of emotion you are feeling",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He was beside himself with rage when I told him what I had done."
},
{
"text": "They were beside themselves with excitement."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈsaɪd/",
"audio": "be/beside/beside__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈsaɪd/",
"audio": "be/beside/beside__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English be sīdan (adverb) ‘by the side’ (see by, side)."
}