1. Besides means excepting.
Everyone besides me is at the beach.
2. Besides means in addition to.
Besides all of my friends, all of their brothers and sisters are there, too.
Fact
A herd of forty-five thirsty, rambunctious elephants stampeded into a brewery in Midnapore, where they smashed vats and slurped up beer in a bender that went on for two days.
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