Beside | Mean of beside in English Dictionary

/bɪˈsaɪd/

• by the side of (someone or something)
1. She sat beside him during dinner.
2. The man beside her was wearing a brown suit and hat.
3. They were walking beside me.
4. Stand beside the statue and I'll take your picture.
5. Their house is beside a small lake.
• in comparison with (something)
1. These problems seem unimportant beside the potential benefits of the new system.
• not related to the main idea that is being discussed
1. No one knows what we did, but that's beside the point. What we did was wrong.

• not thinking clearly because you are feeling very strong emotions
1. We were beside ourselves with anger/worry/embarrassment/joy.
2. He was beside himself [=very upset] after hearing the bad news.