beyond
English
Etymology
From Middle English biyonde, from Old English beġeondan, from be- + ġeond; related to yonder.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /bɪˈjɒnd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /biˈ(j)ɑnd/
- (New England, obsolete) IPA(key): /bɪˈjɛnd/[1]
Audio (GA) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒnd
- Hyphenation: be‧yond
Preposition
beyond
- Further away than.
- On the far side of.
- No swimming beyond this point.
- Later than; after.
- Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass.
- Your staff went beyond my expectations in refunding my parking ticket.
- 2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, →ISBN, page 55:
- 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.
- In addition to; supplementing.
- She had no reason for the conviction beyond the very inadequate one that she had seen him around London.
- Past, or out of reach of.
- You won't last beyond my first punch.
- The patient was beyond medical help.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
- 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.
- 1962 March, J. M. Tolson, “The Netherlands Railways today—I”, in Modern Railways, page 172:
- 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.
- 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport:
- 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.
- 2020 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43:
- Thirteen houses were damaged beyond repair, and much of the rest of the town suffered broken windows and lost slates.
- (figuratively) Not within the comprehension of.
- He understood geometry well, but algebraic topology was beyond him.
Synonyms
- ayond
- ayont
Antonyms
- before
- earlier
Derived terms
- above and beyond
- beyond a reasonable doubt
- beyond a shadow of a doubt
- beyond belief
- beyond compare
- beyond doubt
- beyond measure
- beyond one's ken
- beyond one's pay grade
- beyond one's wildest dreams
- beyond one's years
- beyond question
- beyond reasonable doubt
- beyond recognition
- beyond redemption
- beyond repair
- beyond seas
- beyond the black stump
- beyond the call of duty
- beyond the grave
- beyond the pale
- beyond the shadow of a doubt
- go beyond
- live beyond one's means
- look beyond
- look beyond the end of one's nose
- look beyond the tip of one's nose
- see beyond
- see beyond the end of one's nose
- see beyond the tip of one's nose
- wise beyond one's years
Translations
further away than
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on the far side of
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later than; after
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greater than
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in addition to
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past, out of reach of
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beyond — see above
See also
- para-
Adverb
beyond (not comparable)
- Farther along or away.
- Synonyms: ayond, (obsolete) ayont
- Next year and beyond.
- In addition; more.
- (informal) extremely, more than
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:extremely
- 2009, Jenny Lee, Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 7:
- 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.
- 2017 July 13, Joseph Gamp, “Marvel release stirring new set images of Black Panther and we are BEYOND excited”, in Metro:
- Marvel release stirring new set images of Black Panther and we are BEYOND excited [title]
- 2021 September 1, Michael Levenson; Anne Barnard, quoting Mark Levine, “Scenes from New York City as Ida paralyzes region”, in The New York Times, ISSN 0362-4331:
- “We are BEYOND not ready for climate change,” Mark Levine, a City Council representative, declared on Twitter.
Translations
farther along or away
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in addition; more
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Noun
beyond (plural beyonds)
- The unknown.
- The hereafter.
- Something that is far beyond.
- 2006, Haun Saussy, American Comparative Literature Association, Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization
- 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.
- 2006, Haun Saussy, American Comparative Literature Association, Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization
Derived terms
- back of beyond
- beyond the beyonds
- great beyond
Translations
unknown — see unknown
afterlife — see afterlife
References
- Bingham, Caleb (1808), “Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England”, in The Child's Companion; Being a Conciſe Spelling-book […] , 12th edition, Boston: Manning & Loring, OCLC 671561968, page 75.
Further reading
- beyond at OneLook Dictionary Search
- beyond in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911
Anagrams
- Bondye, Boyden