beyond
Pronunciation Preposition
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Pronunciation Preposition
- Further away than.
- She had no reason for the conviction beyond the very inadequate one that she had seen him around London.
- On the far side of.
- No swimming beyond this point.
- Later than; after.
- Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass.
- Your staff went beyond my expectations in refunding my parking ticket.
- In addition to.
- Past, or out of reach of.
- You won't last beyond my first punch.
- The patient was beyond medical help.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:
- 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.
- Italian: dopo
- Russian: по́сле
- Italian: oltre
- Russian: вы́ше
- Italian: oltre
- Russian: кро́ме
beyond (not comparable)
- Farther along or away.
- In addition; more.
- (informal) extremely, more than
- 2009, Jenny Lee, in Howard J Morris and Jenny Lee Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid: The Simple Truth to a Complicated Relationship ↗ (Simon & Schuster, ISBN 1416595058) p.7
- But to then write about his allegedly fat girlfriend was beyond stupid, because by doing so he was in fact engaging a woman (me) in the “Am I fat?” discussion, which he supposedly realized he should never do.
- 2017 July 13, Joseph Gamp "Marvel release stirring new set images of Black Panther and we are BEYOND excited" ↗ Metro (UK)
- 2009, Jenny Lee, in Howard J Morris and Jenny Lee Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid: The Simple Truth to a Complicated Relationship ↗ (Simon & Schuster, ISBN 1416595058) p.7
- Spanish: más allá
beyond
- (uncountable) The unknown.
- (uncountable) The hereafter.
- (countable) Something that is far beyond.
- 2006, Haun Saussy, American Comparative Literature Association, Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization ↗
- And that is perhaps why I am constantly searching for great beyonds — beyonds that will permit the application of different theoretical models (be they semiotically-inspired, gender-inspired, sexuality-inspired, and so on) beyond any disciplinary confines.
- 2006, Haun Saussy, American Comparative Literature Association, Comparative Literature in an Age of Globalization ↗
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