beyond
UK /bɪˈjɒnd/ · US /biˈ(j)ɑnd/ preposition, adverb, noun
Forms beyonds
- preposition Further away than.
- preposition On the far side of. “No swimming beyond this point.”
- preposition Later than; after.
- preposition Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass. “Your staff went beyond my expectations in refunding my parking ticket.”
- preposition In addition to; supplementing. “She had no reason for the conviction beyond the very inadequate one that she had seen him around London.”
- preposition (figurative) Past, or out of reach of. “You won't last beyond my first punch.”
- preposition (figurative) Not within the comprehension of. “He understood geometry well, but algebraic topology was beyond him.”
- adverb Farther along or away. “next year and beyond”
- adverb In addition; more.
- adverb (informal) extremely, more than
- noun The unknown.
- noun The hereafter.
- noun Something that is far beyond.
Synonyms
ayond ayont acutely awfully almighty badly impossibly damn drastically exceedingly extraordinarily highly hugely immensely indecently insanely intensely jolly mightily murrain
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English biyonde, from Old English beġeondan, from be- + ġeond; related to yonder.
Webster’s 1913
- preposition On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.
- preposition At a place or time not yet reached; before.
- adverb Further away; at a distance; yonder.
Etymology [OE. biyonde, bi, AS. begeondan, prep. and adv.; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder. See Yon, Yonder.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “beyond”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details