beyond

English

Etymology

Old English beġeondan

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɒnd

Preposition

beyond

1. Further away than.
2. On the far side of.
3. Later than; after.
4. Greater than.
5. In addition to.
6. past, or out of reach of
   • 2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, 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.

See also

• para-

Synonyms

• ayond
• ayont

Antonyms

• before
• earlier

Derived terms

• beyond a reasonable doubt
• beyond compare
• beyond doubt
• beyond one's ken
• beyond question
• beyond recognition
• beyond the black stump
• beyond the pale

Translations

further away than

• Afrikaans: anderkant (af)
• Armenian: դուրս (hy) (durs)
• Bulgarian: отзад (bg) (otzad), след (bg) (sled)
• Czech: za (cs)
• Dutch: verder weg dan (nl)
• Finnish: yli (fi)
• French: au delà de (fr)
• Galician: alén

• Italian: più lontano di (it)
• Latin: utra (la), ultra (la)
• Neapolitan: chiù allà
• Polish: poza (pl)
• Portuguese: além (pt)
• Russian: за (za), позади (pozadí), дальше (dál'še)
• Spanish: mas alla de (es)

on the far side of

• Afrikaans: verder (af), verby (af)
• Bulgarian: отвъд (bg) (otvǎd)
• German: jenseits (de)

• Latin: trans (la)
• Polish: poza (pl)
• Russian: за (za), позади (pozadí)

later than; after

• Afrikaans: meer (af), buite (af)
• Armenian: ուշ (hy) (uš)
• Bulgarian: след (bg) (sled)

• Latin: ultra (la)
• Russian: после (ru) (pósl'e)

greater than

• Latin: ultra (la)
• Russian: выше (ru) (výše)

• Swedish: bortom (sv)

in addition to

• Armenian: բացի (hy) (bac’i), դուրս (hy) (durs)
• Latin: ultra (la)

• Russian: кроме (króm'e), не считая (n'e š'itája)

Adverb

beyond (not comparable)

1. Farther along or away.
2. In addition; more.

Synonyms

• ayond, ayont (obsolete)

Noun

beyond (uncountable)

1. The unknown.
2. The hereafter.

Derived terms

• back of beyond
• great beyond

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: toward · feeling · later · #488: beyond · rose · age · nearly