how to pronounce beside

/bɪˈsaɪd/

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beside is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of beside in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… right people beside them now this sounds …”

meanings of beside

preposition:

Next to; at the side of.
Not relevant to.
Besides; in addition to.

adverb:

Otherwise; else; besides.

beside frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word beside occurs in english on average 25.3 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics beside can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that beside can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;