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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. prep. On the far side of; past: Just beyond the fence.
  2. prep. Later than; after: beyond midnight.
  3. prep. To a degree that is past the understanding, reach, or scope of: an evil beyond remedy.
  4. prep. To a degree or amount greater than: rich beyond his wildest dreams.
  5. prep. In addition to: asked for nothing beyond peace and quiet.
  6. adv. Farther along or away.
  7. adv. In addition; more: wanted her share but nothing beyond.
  8. n. That which is past or to a degree greater than knowledge or experience; the unknown: "Sputnik, the first satellite to enter the great beyond of space” ( Dale Russakoff).
  9. n. The world beyond death; the hereafter.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. On or to the other side of: as, beyond the river; beyond the horizon; “beyond that flaming hill,”
  2. Further on than; more distant than: as, a mile beyond the river; a hundred miles beyond Omaha; he never could get beyond simple equations.
  3. Past in time; later than: as, a day beyond the proper time.
  4. At a place or time not yet reached by; before; ahead or in advance of.
  5. Out of reach of; outside of the capacity, limits, or sphere of; past: as, beyond our power; beyond comprehension; that is beyond me.
  6. Above; superior to; in or to a degree which rivals, exceeds, or surpasses, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind.
  7. More than; in excess of; over and above.
  8. At a distance; yonder.
  9. n. That place or state which lies on the other side; an experience or life beyond our present life or experience: as, the great beyond.

Wiktionary

  1. prep. Further away than.
  2. prep. On the far side of.
  3. prep. Later than; after.
  4. prep. Greater than.
  5. prep. In addition to.
  6. prep. past, or out of reach of
  7. adv. Farther along or away.
  8. adv. In addition; more.
  9. n. The unknown.
  10. n. The hereafter.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. prep. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.
  2. prep. At a place or time not yet reached; before.
  3. prep. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than.
  4. prep. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind.
  5. adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder.

WordNet 3.0

  1. adv. on the farther side from the observer
  2. adv. farther along in space or time or degree
  3. adv. in addition

Etymologies

  1. Old English beġeondan (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English biyonde, from Old English begeondan : be, by; see by1 + geondan, on the far side of; see i- in Indo-European roots. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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