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Webster 1913 Edition

Besides

Be-sides

rep.

Over and above; separate or distinct from; in addition to; other than; else than. See

Beside

, prep., 3, and Syn. under

Beside

Besides

your cheer, you shall have sport.

Shakespeare

Webster 1828 Edition

Besides

BESI'DES

, prep. Over and above; separate or distinct from.

And there was a famine in the land, besides the first famine. Gen.26.

Note. This word, though radically the same as beside, and a corruption of it, ought not to be confounded with it, for it is never used in the senses explained under beside, except in the second.

Definition 2024

besides

English

Preposition

besides

(obsolete) Beside.
In addition, in addition to.
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
  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 […]
- August 3, 2008 - Schlock Mercenary
  Captain Tagon: Wait. … Ebby, if Schlock goes out make sure he's carrying something besides those two plasma cannons.
  Ebinoth: When you say "besides," do you mean "in addition to," or "instead of"? Because one of those is a really hard sell.
- 2016 April 18, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 1-0 Barcelona”, in BBC Sport:
  n 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.
Other than; except for; instead of.
I don't want to go anywhere besides India.‎
- August 3, 2008 - Schlock Mercenary
  Captain Tagon: Wait. … Ebby, if Schlock goes out make sure he's carrying something besides those two plasma cannons.
  Ebinoth: When you say "besides," do you mean "in addition to," or "instead of"? Because one of those is a really hard sell.

Translations

in addition to

Belarusian: апрача ‎(aprača)
Bulgarian: освен това ‎(osvèn tovà)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 除了...以外 ‎(chúle...yǐwài)
Czech: kromě (cs)
Dutch: naast (nl)
Esperanto: krom, 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)

Italian: oltre a
Japanese: ...のほかに ‎(-no hoka-ni), ...に加えて ‎(-ni kuwaete)
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:
Slovak: okrem
Slovene: póleg
Spanish: aparte de
Swahili: aidha
Turkish: dışında (tr) pl
Venetian: apèđe (vec)

other than; except for

Arabic: إِلَّا ‎(ʾillā), بِاسْتِثْناء ‎(bi-stiṯnāʾ)
Armenian: բացի (hy) ‎(bacʿi)
Bulgarian: освен (bg) ‎(osvèn)
Burmese: အပြင် (my) ‎(a.prang)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 除了...以外 ‎(chúle...yǐwài)
Dutch: behalve (nl)
Esperanto: krom, escepte de
Finnish: paitsi (fi), muu kuin
French: excepté (fr), sauf (fr)
Georgian: გარეშე ‎(gareše)
German: außer (de)
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)

Irish: seachas
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, exceto (pt)
Russian: кро́ме (ru) ‎(króme), исключа́я (ru) ‎(isključája), за исключе́нием (ru) ‎(za isključénijem)
Slovene: rázen (sl)
Spanish: excepto (es), salvo (es)
Venetian: a parte
West Frisian: njonken

Adverb

besides ‎(not comparable)

(conjunctive) also; in addition
(conjunctive) moreover; furthermore
(conjunctive) otherwise; else
(obsolete) On one side.
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Synonyms

(moreover, furthermore): du reste

Translations

also; in addition

Bulgarian: също (bg) ‎(sǎšto), в допълнение ‎(v dopǎlnenie)
Catalan: a més
Chinese:
Mandarin: 還有 (zh), 还有 (zh) ‎(háiyǒu), 並且 (zh), 并且 (zh) ‎(bìngqiě)
Dutch: bovendien (nl), daarenboven, 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)
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)
Spanish: además (es), aparte (es)

moreover; furthermore

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

German: außerdem (de)
Greek: επιπλέον (el) ‎(epipléon), επιπροσθέτως (el) ‎(epiprosthétos), συν τοις άλλοις (el) ‎(syn tois állois)
Haitian Creole: dayè
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)
Portuguese: além disso (pt), fora isso
Russian: бо́лее того́ ‎(bóleje tovó), сверх того́ ‎(sverx tovó)
Spanish: además (es)

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)
Russian: кро́ме того́ (ru) ‎(króme tovó)
Spanish: de lo contrario, si no

Usage notes

Not to be confused with

beside

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