Beside and Past

Beside

Beside preposition - In addition to.
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Synonyms for Beside

Past and beside are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Past" instead a preposition "Beside".

Past

Past adjective - Having been such at some previous time.

Beside and past are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beside" instead a preposition "Past".

Both words in one sentence

  • Running Gag: The hospital sits beside a railroad, so trains are frequently heard rumbling past.
  • In Les Misérables, when Grantaire wakes up to find Enjolras at the wrong end of a firing squad, he walks past the soldiers and gently asks for Enjolras' permission to die beside him.
  • Video Game / Red Faction The tactic is extremely ineffective at doing so, doing only light damage (compared to Alex either killing an EDF soldier or driving well past them) and sometimes parking the car beside the player and doing nothing.
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