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[ bee-ond, bih-yond ] / biˈɒnd, bɪˈyɒnd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR beyond ON THESAURUS.COM
prepositionon, at, or to the farther side of: Beyond those trees you'll find his house. farther on than; more distant than: beyond the horizon; beyond the sea. outside the understanding, limits, or reach of; past: beyond comprehension; beyond endurance; beyond help. superior to; surpassing; above: wise beyond all others. more than; in excess of; over and above: to stay beyond one's welcome. adverbfarther on or away: as far as the house and beyond. Idioms for beyondthe beyond, - that which is at a great distance.
- Also the great beyond. the afterlife; life after death.
Origin of beyondbefore 1000; Middle English beyonden,Old English begeondan.See be-, yond (adv.) OTHER WORDS FROM beyondbe·yond·ness, nounWords nearby beyondBexley, bey, Beyle, beylic, Beyoǧlu, beyond, beyond a doubt, beyond comparison, beyond measure, beyond one's depth, beyond one's means Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for beyondBeyond the huge American flag that hung over the street, the mile-long mass of cops ended. Funeral Protest Is Too Much for NYPD Union Boss|Michael Daly|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST Bottom line is that it will only be a BVR [beyond visual range] airplane. New U.S. Stealth Jet Can’t Fire Its Gun Until 2019|Dave Majumdar|December 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST He scrambled outside to find a 25-foot-wide crater just beyond the mud wall surrounding his family compound. The Dangerous Drug-Funded Secret War Between Iran and Pakistan|Umar Farooq|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST Beyond that, how will China evolve its rigid Internet policy? China’s Internet Is Freer Than You Think|Brendon Hong|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They were getting more imaginative,” a pawn shop owner thinks of his addict customers in “Back of Beyond. This Week’s Hot Reads: December 22, 2014|Mythili Rao|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST This idea caught him up as a strong wind might have caught him, and carried him beyond his own control. Hester, Volume 2 (of 3)|Margaret Oliphant Beyond breathing a little harder than usual he showed no signs of his recent chase. The Outdoor Chums on the Lake|Quincy Allen Their love was their creation: beyond all was night—chaos—nothing! Falkland, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton It was a breathless afternoon; beyond the city the blue hills seemed to float and quiver in mid-air. Pharos, The Egyptian|Guy Newell Boothby But all the other facts put it beyond question that the picture could not have been done before 1529. Holbein|Beatrice Fortescue
British Dictionary definitions for beyond
prepositionat or to a point on the other side of; at or to the further side ofbeyond those hills there is a river outside the limits or scope ofbeyond this country's jurisdiction adverbat or to the other or far side of something outside the limits of something nounthe beyond the unknown; the world outside the range of human perception, esp life after death in certain religious beliefs Word Origin for beyondOld English begeondan; see by, yonder Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Idioms and Phrases with beyond
In addition to the idioms beginning with beyond - beyond a doubt
- beyond the shadow of a doubt
- beyond comparison
- beyond measure
- beyond one's depth
- beyond one's means
- beyond question
- beyond reach
- beyond recall
- beyond reproach
- beyond the call of duty
- beyond the pale
also see: - above and beyond
- back of beyond
- can't see beyond the end of one's nose
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to beyondabove, after, ahead, before, behind, besides, farther, moreover, outside, over, past, remote, without, yonder, apart from, as well as, clear of, free of, hyper, in addition to |