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The pedicure is beside the point - the rub is all I care about. And not just my feet, my calves and thighs. There is nothing better, except maybe a scalp massage.
Amy Landecker

Meaning of "beside the point" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BESIDE THE POINT

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BESIDE THE POINT

besetter
besetting
beshadow
beshame
beshine
beshout
beshrew
beshroud
beside
beside oneself
besides
besiege
besiegement
besieger
besiegingly
besigh
besit
Beslan
beslave
beslaver

WORDS THAT END LIKE BESIDE THE POINT

access point
appoint
at knife-point
checkpoint
cut-off point
disappoint
focal point
joint
midpoint
pick-up point
pinpoint
point
power point
price point
standpoint
starting point
talking point
to the point
try for a point
up to a point
viewpoint

Synonyms and antonyms of beside the point in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BESIDE THE POINT»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «beside the point» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of beside the point

Translation of «beside the point» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BESIDE THE POINT

Find out the translation of beside the point to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of beside the point from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «beside the point» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

跑题了
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

viene al caso
570 millions of speakers

English

beside the point
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बिंदु के पास
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بجانب نقطة
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

к делу
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ao lado do ponto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বিন্দু পাশে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sans rapport
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Di sebelah titik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

neben dem Punkt
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ポイントの横にある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포인트 옆에
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Jejere titik
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ở gần điểm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

புள்ளி அருகில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिंदूच्या बाजूला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

konunun dışında
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

accanto al punto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

obok punktu
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

до справи
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pe lângă punctul de
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δίπλα από το σημείο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

langs die punt
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bredvid punkten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forfeilet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of beside the point

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BESIDE THE POINT»

The term «beside the point» is very widely used and occupies the 13.181 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BESIDE THE POINT» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about beside the point

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QUOTES WITH «BESIDE THE POINT»

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Amy Landecker
The pedicure is beside the point - the rub is all I care about. And not just my feet, my calves and thighs. There is nothing better, except maybe a scalp massage.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BESIDE THE POINT»

Discover the use of beside the point in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to beside the point and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Beside the Point: Places in Nabokov's "The Gift".
The second line of interpretation, more popular in recent decades, asserts that Nabokov really is a novelist of ideas (concerning the transcendent, creative freedom, ethical action, and the like), but that those ideas emerge only after ...
Peter-John Thomas, 2008
2
Plea for a new English version of the Scriptures, by a ...
Concerning an irrelevant argument introduced into a debate, some persons would say that such is beside the point ; yet this mode of expression seems contrary to fact, for instead of being beside the point, an irrelevant argument is away from ...
David Johnston, 1864
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MathScape: Seeing and Thinking Mathematically, Course 1, ...
MathScape(TM): Seeing and Thinking Mathematically is an NSF funded standards based program.
McGraw-Hill, 2004
4
The Point of View
If The Point of View is a witness in this sense, then arguing about what it means is , in the end, beside the point. Further, arguing about Kierkegaard's intentions is, likewise, beside the point. Nevertheless, if The Point of View is a witness, then ...
Robert L. Perkins, 2010
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Grace in Practice: A Theology of Everyday Life
The Being of God: Holy Spirit and Holy Trinity In a systematic theology of everyday life, metaphysics is beside the point. Ontology, which is the study of being, the study of the nature of things in themselves, is beside the point. God's being is ...
Paul F. M. Zahl, 2007
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The Farther Reaches of Human Nature
one took a course or picked up a book on the psychology of learning, most of it, in my opinion, would be beside the point — that is, beside the "humanistic" point. Most of it would present learning as the acquisition of associations, of skills and ...
Abraham H. Maslow, 1973
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Where the Action is: An Easy ESL Approach to Pure Regular Verbs
Useful Words and Expressions beside the point • not important; not related to the subject Everything you are saying is beside the point. to get to the point • to be direct / wish you would get to the point of what you want to say. make a point of • to ...
Lawrence Klepinger, 1998
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The English Moralities from the Point of View of Allegory
... well-defined theories of demonology ; but if, for instance, the Elizabethans believed that a ghost could exist independently of a diseased mind, and if Shakespeare understood and shared this belief, it is entirely beside the point for the person ...
9
The Uses of Literary History
... only would "have seemed almost comically beside the point" ( 1 36) to the participants in the trial but would have been beside the point. "At issue was Davis , The Return of Martin Guerre (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1983 ).
Marshall Brown, 1995
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Once-Told Tales: An Essay in Literary Aesthetics
But that is just beside the point. Let us say its mood has changed. But again, that is beside the point. What hasn't changed is its meaning. And that is precisely the point at issue—a point, I might add, that Bradley frequently obscures, as when ...
Peter Kivy, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BESIDE THE POINT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term beside the point is used in the context of the following news items.
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Box office: With 'Terminator Genisys' and 'Magic Mike XXL,' notes …
1 is almost beside the point. The film's domestic total has now vaulted it to No. 4 on the all-time chart, and it's cracked the top five on the all-time ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
9 Things You Can't Miss at Outfest 2015
... that Eisenstein embarked on a gay love affair while on vacation in Mexico. Fact? Fiction? It's beside the point with this experimental narrative. «LA Magazine, Jul 15»
3
Google tests new ride-sharing app
Asking the top speed of the world's first Arab supercar is beside the point. The 0-60 times, or horsepower, too. Those numbers won't matter by ... «KOCO Oklahoma City, Jul 15»
4
Exclusive: the long-awaited lesbian Peppa Pig fanfiction
Yes, she's a nightmare and I have no idea how we managed to spawn the living Devil, but that's beside the point. It's you, Daddy Pig. It's us. «New Statesman, Jul 15»
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A Trail Blazers expert tells Spurs fans what to expect from LaMarcus …
But this is all beside the point because being allowed to second-guess Pop (and imagine what he'll do) is practically a part of the Spurs' Fans ... «Pounding The Rock, Jul 15»
6
God and American Government: People Who May Exist Should …
He made a career of this as well, but that is beside the point which is this: Evangelicals will link any post telling them that they are unloving, ... «Patheos, Jul 15»
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Yes, you can be fired for social media posts, and you have no recourse
... and under at-will employment you basically can be fired for just about anything, and whether or not that's fair or not, that's beside the point. «KPLC-TV, Jul 15»
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Door County's Northern Sky Theater debuts two new musicals
But it's also ultimately beside the point in this cleverly constructed, fast-paced and well-staged show, which runs 80 intermission-free minutes. «Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Jul 15»
9
The European Digital Agenda: Unambitious And Too Narrow
Putting the focus on obstacles is beside the point; it must be put on the future of work as digitalisation will change work fundamentally. «Social Europe, Jul 15»
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Sites earmarked for development
This site is surplus to requirements and is located beside the Point Village. The company is in discussions with Nama about parcelling land it ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»

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