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/bɪˈɑnd/ /bˌiˈɔnd/ /bɪˈɔnd/ Listen

preposition

Beyond prep.

On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than. "Beyond that flaming hill."

At a place or time not yet reached; before. "A thing beyond us, even before our death."

Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.

In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. "Beyond expectation." "Beyond any of the great men of my country."

Beyond sea. (Law) See under Sea.

To go beyond, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent. "That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter."

adverb

Beyond adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder. "Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing."

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Etymology of 'Beyond'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Beyond" Quotes from Famous Books

... after us we were nearly convulsed; the spectacle of Slim sitting there in that apron paring potatoes with the butcher knife was almost fatal to the branch I sat on; but when he tripped and sat down in the tomato kettle it was beyond human endurance and we just naturally exploded. Now won't you forgive us and introduce your guest? He seems to have made himself quite ...

— The Campfire Girls on Ellen's Isle - The Trail of the Seven Cedars • Hildegard G. Frey

... gone over and the full horror of his crime was upon him. He was a quick runner, and he got the advantage, for the police in their flurry stopped for a minute or two debating whether to take the river banks or the road. But in Shawn's head the pursuing footsteps beat, beat, while he was yet far beyond them, and the trumpets of the Day of Judgment rang in his miserable ears. He had the smoking gun in his hands, for he hadn't the wit to get rid of it. And yet the man was safe, if he had had his wits about him, for he was ...

— An Isle in the Water • Katharine Tynan

... Gwynne is taking upon herself a risk and encumbrance that should be wholly my mother's. She has nothing to do with the girl, beyond showing ...

— Gladys, the Reaper • Anne Beale

... trail on an open hillside covered with wintergreen plants, and the boys thought the hunt was over. Moise however, swung around like a hound on the trail, clear to the other side of the hill, and in the course of a few minutes picked up the spoor again when it struck softer ground beyond. They passed on then, moving upward deeper into the forest for some minutes, until at length Moise ...

— The Young Alaskans on the Trail • Emerson Hough

... teach me some verbs by going through the actions herself as she repeated the proper word. We were very much engrossed—so much so that we were giving no heed to what went on beyond our cave—when Ajor stopped very suddenly, crying: "Kazor!" Now she had been trying to teach me that ju meant stop; so when she cried kazor and at the same time stopped, I thought for a moment that this was part of my lesson—for the moment I forgot that kazor means beware. ...

— The People that Time Forgot • Edgar Rice Burroughs

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