Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- preposition On the far side of; past.
- preposition Later than; after.
- preposition To a degree that is past the understanding, reach, or scope of.
- preposition To a degree or amount greater than.
- preposition In addition to.
- adverb Farther along or away.
- adverb In addition; more.
- noun That which is past or to a degree greater than knowledge or experience; the unknown.
- noun The world beyond death; the hereafter.
- idiom (back of beyond) A place that is remote or unsophisticated.
from The Century Dictionary.
- On or to the other side of: as, beyond the river; beyond the horizon; “beyond that flaming hill,”
- Further on than; more distant than: as, a mile beyond the river; a hundred miles beyond Omaha; he never could get beyond simple equations.
- Past in time; later than: as, a day beyond the proper time.
- At a place or time not yet reached by; before; ahead or in advance of.
- Out of reach of; outside of the capacity, limits, or sphere of; past: as, beyond our power; beyond comprehension; that is beyond me.
- Above; superior to; in or to a degree which rivals, exceeds, or surpasses, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind.
- More than; in excess of; over and above.
- At a distance; yonder.
- noun That place or state which lies on the other side; an experience or life beyond our present life or experience: as, the great beyond.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- 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.
- preposition Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than.
- preposition In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind.
- preposition (Law) See under
Sea . - preposition to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent.
- adverb Further away; at a distance; yonder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- preposition
Further away than. - preposition On the
far side of. - preposition
Later than;after . - preposition
Greater than. - preposition In
addition to. - preposition
past , or out of reach of - adverb Farther along or
away . - adverb
In addition ;more . - noun The
unknown . - noun The
hereafter .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb on the farther side from the observer
- adverb farther along in space or time or degree
- adverb in addition
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And in the clause 'having passed beyond that bridge' the _passing beyond_ means
The Vedanta-Sutras with the Commentary by Ramanuja — Sacred Books of the East, Volume 48
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a new power! we feel a vague sympathy with _that_ unknown region which spreads beyond this great net, -- _that limitless beyond_ hath a mystic affinity with a part of our own frame; we unconsciously extend our wings (for the soul to us is as the wings to the fly!); we attempt to rise, -- to soar above this perilous snare, from which we are unable to crawl.
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The event has long been cast by opponents of President Hamid Karzai as the first step in his attempts to increase his power and perhaps extend his term beyond 2014.
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The event has long been cast by opponents of President Hamid Karzai as the first step in his attempts to increase his power and perhaps extend his term beyond 2014.
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The historian Thomas Carlyle in 1839 was the first to extend the term beyond India by decrying “the Glasgow Thugs,” and he also coined thuggery.
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The historian Thomas Carlyle in 1839 was the first to extend the term beyond India by decrying “the Glasgow Thugs,” and he also coined thuggery.
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The historian Thomas Carlyle in 1839 was the first to extend the term beyond India by decrying “the Glasgow Thugs,” and he also coined thuggery.
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The historian Thomas Carlyle in 1839 was the first to extend the term beyond India by decrying “the Glasgow Thugs,” and he also coined thuggery.
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During the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther broadened the term beyond ministry to include work that serves others, but still couched it in a religious framework.
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During the Protestant Reformation, Martin Luther broadened the term beyond ministry to include work that serves others, but still couched it in a religious framework.
digital-daniel commented on the word beyond
An interesting discussion about being beyond happy here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01zzcwg
May 30, 2014