English Explanatory Dictionary

beyond

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  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. Past, or out of reach of.
  7. Not within the comprehension of.
adv
  1. Farther along or away.
  2. In addition; more.
  3. extremely, more than
noun
  1. The unknown.
  2. The hereafter.
  3. Something that is far beyond.

Pronunciation

/bɪˈjɒnd/ /biˈ(j)ɑnd/ En-us-beyond.ogg /bɪˈjɛnd/ /bɪˈjɔɳɖ/ /bɪˈjɑɳɖ/

Word forms

beyond beyonds

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English beġeondan Middle English biyonde English beyond From Middle English biyonde, from Old English beġeondan, from be- + ġeond; related to yonder.

Synonyms

ayond ayont acutely awfully almighty badly beyond damn drastically exceedingly extraordinarily highly hugely immensely indecently insanely intensely jolly mightily murrain severely strikingly terribly very much violently wicked wildly

Antonyms

before earlier

Related words

para-

Derived words

above and beyond beyond a joke beyond a reasonable doubt beyond a shadow of a doubt beyond a shadow of doubt beyond belief beyond compare beyond comparison beyond dispute beyond doubt beyondish beyond measure beyondness beyond one's depth beyond one's ken beyond one's pay grade beyond one's scope beyond one's wildest dreams beyond one's years beyond question beyond reasonable doubt beyond redemption beyond seas beyond someone's grasp beyond the black stump beyond the call of duty beyond the grave beyond the pale beyond the shadow of a doubt beyondward beyond words beyonsense go beyond go beyond the pale Little England beyond Wales live beyond one's means look beyond look beyond the end of one's nose look beyond the tip of one's nose beyond the end of one's nose beyond the tip of one's nose therebeyond wise beyond one's years back of beyond beyond the beyonds great beyond
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