beyond

Etymology

From Old English beġeondan, from be- +‎ ġeond; related to yonder.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /biˈjɑnd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /biˈjɒnd/

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• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Preposition

beyond

1. Further away than. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
2. On the far side of.

   No swimming beyond this point.

3. Later than; after.
4. Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass.

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

5. In addition to.
6. 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, page 071:

     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.

   • 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.

Adverb

beyond (not comparable)

1. Farther along or away.
2. In addition; more.
3. (informal) extremely, more than
   • 2009, Jenny Lee, in Howard J Morris and Jenny Lee Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid: The Simple Truth to a Complicated Relationship (Simon & Schuster, →ISBN) p.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" Metro (UK)

Noun

beyond (countable and uncountable, plural beyonds)

1. (uncountable) The unknown.
2. (uncountable) The hereafter.
3. (countable) 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.

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