{
    "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)."
}