besides
part of speech
preposition (besides); adverb (besides)
meaning for a pupil
1) Besides means as well as, in addition to: Besides apples, we bought pears. tree →
2) Besides means except, apart from, in negative sentences and questions: Nobody besides Tom came. tree →
3) As an adverb at the start of a sentence, besides means also, and here is another reason. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday talk and stories, besides adds extra things or another reason to an argument. In writing lessons it is a joining word for giving more reasons in persuasive writing. In maths word problems, besides tells you to add something on. Phrases: besides that, and besides.
examples
- Besides football, I also play tennis. tree →
- Who else is coming besides your cousin? tree →
- Nobody besides me knew the answer. tree →
- I don't want to go out; besides, it's raining. tree →
- Besides being clever, she is very kind. tree →
- What do you like to eat besides pizza? tree →
- Tom has 4 pets besides his dog, so he has 5 pets in all. tree →
- Besides, Kotick was a white seal. tree →
note
Trap: besides (with s) means in addition or except; beside (no s) means next to: Sit beside me. In maths, besides usually means add the extra amount, but check for except in questions like who besides.
In the corpora
- Now they that died by the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, besides them that died about the matter of Korah.
- But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?'
- Then I separated twelve of the chiefs of the priests, besides Sherebiah, Hashabiah, and ten of their brethren with them,
- But Jehoshaphat said: 'Is there not here besides a prophet of the LORD, that we might inquire of him?'
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «besides» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.