Beyond

/bɪˈjɒnd/ · preposition

Meaning

Further away than..

Definitions by Sense

1. Further away than.
2. On the far side of.
3. Later than; after.
4. Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass.
5. In addition to; supplementing.
6. (figurative) Past, or out of reach of.
7. (figurative) Not within the comprehension of.
8. Farther along or away.

Example Sentences

No swimming beyond this point.

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.

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

He was a painter who was trying to get beyond painting, to escape from purely visual experience and lead his art in a more conceptual direction with a systematic approach.

She had no reason for the conviction beyond the very inadequate one that she had seen him around London.

You won't last beyond my first punch.

The patient was beyond medical help.

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.

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