besides

be·sides  (b-sdz)

adv.

1. In addition; also.

2. Moreover; furthermore.

3. Otherwise; else: has been to Mexico but nowhere besides.

prep.

1. In addition to.

2. Except for; other than: No one besides the owner could control the dog.

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[Middle English : biside, at the side; see beside + -es, adv. suff.; see -s³.]

Usage Note: Some critics argue that beside and besides should be kept distinct when they are used as prepositions. According to that argument, beside is used only to mean "at the side of," as in There was no one in the seat beside me. For the meanings "in addition to" and "except for" besides should be used: Besides replacing the back stairs, she fixed the broken banister. No one besides Smitty would say a thing like that. But this distinction is often ignored, even by widely respected writers. While it is true that besides can never mean "at the side of," beside regularly appears in print in place of besides. Using beside in this way can be ambiguous, however; the sentence There was no one beside him at the table could mean that he had the table to himself or that the seats next to him were not occupied. See Usage Note at together.

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besides [bɪˈsaɪdz]

prep

apart from; even considering besides costing too much, the scheme is impractical

sentence connector

anyway; moreover

adv

as well

Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	besides - making an additional point; anyway; "I don't want to go to a restaurant; besides, we can't afford it"; "she couldn't shelter behind him all the time and in any case he wasn't always with her" in any case
	2.	besides - in addition; "he has a Mercedes, too" also, as well, likewise, too

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besides

preposition

apart from, barring, excepting, other than, excluding, as well (as), in addition to, over and above I think she has many good qualities besides being beautiful.

adverb

also, too, further, otherwise, in addition, as well, moreover, furthermore, what's more, into the bargain Besides, today's young people have grown up knowing only a Conservative government.

Translations

besides [bɪˈsaɪdz]

A. PREP

1. (= in addition to) → además de, aparte de
there were three of us besides Mary → éramos tres además de or aparte de Mary
there are others besides ourselves who might be interested → además de nosotros or aparte de nosotros hay otros que pueden estar interesados
besides which he was unwell → aparte de eso estaba malo, además estaba malo

2. (= apart from) → aparte de
no one besides you has the key → nadie, aparte de ti, tiene la llave
Thomas was the only blond in the family, besides the mother → Thomas era el único rubio de la familia, aparte de la madre

B. ADV

1. (= in addition) → además
he wrote a novel and several short stories besides → escribió una novela y además varias narraciones cortas
and much more besides → y mucho más todavía

2. (= anyway) → además
I didn't want to invite him, and besides, he said he was busy → no quería invitarlo, además dijo que estaba ocupado

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besides [bɪˈsaɪdz]

adv

(= as well) → en plus
and more besides → et d'autres encore
and many more besides → et beaucoup d'autres encore
and much more besides → entre autres

(= anyway) → d'ailleurs, du reste
Besides, it's too expensive → Du reste, c'est trop cher.

prep (= as well as) → en plus de (= apart from) → à part

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besides

adv

(= in addition) → außerdem, obendrein; he wrote a novel and several short stories besides → er hat einen Roman und außerdem noch mehrere Kurzgeschichten geschrieben; many more besides → noch viele mehr; have you got any others besides? → haben Sie noch andere or noch welche?

(= anyway, moreover) → außerdem

prep

(= in addition to) → außer; others besides ourselves → außer uns noch andere; there were three of us besides Mary → Mary nicht mitgerechnet, waren wir zu dritt; besides which he was unwell → überdies or außerdem fühlte er sich nicht wohl

(= except) → außer, abgesehen von

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besides [bɪˈsaɪdz]

1. prep (in addition to) → oltre a; (apart from) → all'infuori di, a parte
besides which ... → per di più...

2. adv (in addition) → inoltre; (anyway) → poi, del resto, per di più
and more besides → e altro ancora

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besides [bɪˈsaɪdz]

1. prep (in addition to) → oltre a; (apart from) → all'infuori di, a parte
besides which ... → per di più...

2. adv (in addition) → inoltre; (anyway) → poi, del resto, per di più
and more besides → e altro ancora

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