besides








adverb

  1. moreover; furthermore; also: Besides, I promised her we would come.
  2. in addition: There are three elm trees and two maples besides.
  3. otherwise; else: They had a roof over their heads but not much besides.

preposition

  1. over and above; in addition to: Besides a mother he has a sister to support.
  2. other than; except: There’s no one here besides Bill and me.

preposition

  1. apart from; even consideringbesides costing too much, the scheme is impractical

sentence connector

  1. anyway; moreover

adverb

  1. as well
prep.

attested from c.1200 (common after c.1400), from beside + adverbial genitive -s. Once sharing all the senses of beside, now properly limited to “in addition to, otherwise.”

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