beyond — English Dictionary

Preposition

1. Further away than.

2. On the far side of.

   Examples

   No swimming beyond this point.

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   England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.

3. Later than; after.

4. Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass.

   Examples

   Your staff went beyond my expectations in refunding my parking ticket.

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   He was a painter who was trying to get beyond painting, to escape from purely visual experience and lead his art in a more conceptual direction with a systematic approach.

5. In addition to; supplementing.

   Examples

   She had no reason for the conviction beyond the very inadequate one that she had seen him around London.

6. Past, or out of reach of.

   Usage

   • Figurative

   Examples

   You won't last beyond my first punch.

   The patient was beyond medical help.

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   Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.

   The 1300 class (Nos. 1301-16), one of which was damaged beyond repair in an accident, are Co-Cos, weigh 111 tons and have a top speed of 85 m.p.h.

7. Not within the comprehension of.

   Usage

   • Figurative

   Examples

   He understood geometry well, but algebraic topology was beyond him.

Adverb

1. Farther along or away.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

   Synonyms

   ayond

   Examples

   next year and beyond

2. In addition; more.

   Usage

   • not-comparable

3. extremely, more than

   Usage

   • Informal
   • not-comparable

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   But to then write about his allegedly fat girlfriend was beyond stupid, because by doing so he was in fact engaging a woman (me) in the “Am I fat?” discussion, which he supposedly realized he should never do.

   Marvel release stirring new set images of Black Panther and we are BEYOND excited [title]

   “We are BEYOND not ready for climate change,” Mark Levine, a City Council representative, declared on Twitter.

Noun

1. The unknown.

2. The hereafter.

3. Something that is far beyond.

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   And that is perhaps why I am constantly searching for great beyonds — beyonds that will permit the application of different theoretical models (be they semiotically-inspired, gender-inspired, sexuality-inspired, and so on) beyond any disciplinary confines.

Adverb

1. farther along in space or time or degree

   Examples

   through the valley and beyond

   to the eighth grade but not beyond

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   will be influential in the 1990s and beyond

2. on the farther side from the observer

   Examples

   a pond with a hayfield beyond

3. over and above

   Examples

   agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond