Meaning of beyond in English

beyond

preposition, adverb

/biˈjɒnd/ us

/biˈjɑːnd/

beyond preposition, adverb (FURTHER AWAY)

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further away in the distance (than something):

In the distance, beyond the river, was a small town.

From the top of the hill we could see our house and the woods beyond.

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The path extends beyond the end of the road.
We swam out beyond the breakers.
Our house is just beyond the bridge.
The campsite is over there, just beyond that hill.
Can you see where the village starts, just beyond those trees?

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Ahead, in front and beyond

beyond preposition, adverb (OUTSIDE A LIMIT)

outside or after (a stated limit):

Few people live beyond the age of a hundred.

We cannot allow the work to continue beyond the end of the year.

I've got nothing to tell you beyond (= in addition to) what I told you earlier.

The repercussions will be felt throughout the industry and beyond (= in other areas).

Tonight's performance has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control (= events that we are unable to deal with).

She has always lived beyond her means (= spent more than she has earned).

go beyond sth

to be more than or not limited to something:

The appeal of this device goes beyond convenience.

beyond belief, repair, recognition, etc.

too great or bad for anyone to believe, repair, recognize, etc.:

His thoughtlessness is beyond belief.

beyond excited, serious, angry, etc.

informal

extremely excited, serious, angry, etc.:

She says she is beyond excited to see her son for the first time in more than three years.

beyond reasonable doubt UK (US beyond a reasonable doubt)

If a legal case or a person's guilt is proved beyond reasonable doubt, there is enough proof for the person accused of a crime to be judged guilty:

Her guilt was established beyond reasonable doubt.

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How she manages to fit so much into a working day is beyond my comprehension .
The pain was bad beyond endurance.
We did so well - beyond all our expectations.
If traffic increases beyond a certain level, the city grinds to a halt .
These tests are beyond the capability of an average twelve-year-old.

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Before, after and already

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beyond preposition, adverb (NOT UNDERSTAND)

be beyond someone

C1 informal

If something is beyond you, you are unable to understand it:

Physics is completely beyond me.

Grammar

Beyond

Beyond is a preposition or an adverb. …

Idioms

beyond compare
beyond a joke
beyond a shadow of a doubt
beyond the pale
from beyond the grave

(Definition of beyond from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

beyond | American Dictionary

beyond

preposition, adverb [ not gradable ]

/biˈɑnd/

beyond preposition, adverb [not gradable] (FARTHER AWAY)

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farther away in the distance than something:

Beyond the river was a small town.

From the top of the hill we could see our house and the woods beyond.

beyond preposition, adverb [not gradable] (OUTSIDE A LIMIT)

outside or after a stated limit:

Few people live beyond the age of a hundred.

Beyond a certain level of tiredness, it is impossible to work productively.

Tonight’s performance has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.

Beyond also means more than:

I’ve got nothing to tell you beyond what I said earlier.

My job goes beyond teaching facts – my aim is to get children to think for themselves.

Beyond also means at a point where something could not be:

She has changed beyond recognition.

The car was damaged beyond repair.

Idioms

beyond me

beyond someone’s wildest dreams

(Definition of beyond from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of beyond

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Extending the time duration of plume removal beyond 10 ms does not result in a significant decrease in energy.

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Authenticity arguably has a further dimension, beyond the information and autonomy requirements, namely richness.

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In this study, education beyond primary school had a protective effect against mortality.

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By comparison, the earlier building orders, regulations and codes did not go beyond some basic controls and general precautions against the danger of fire.

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In short, there appear to be two possible ways of generalising beyond the findings reported here.

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Extensive integration field beyond the classical receptive field of cat's striate cor tical neurons- classification and tuning proper ties.

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She stresses that her work is interdisciplinary in nature, and her review of the literature supporting her conceptual framework reaches beyond linguistics and language education.

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This chapter includes a significant amount of technical information that may be beyond the nonspecialist audience.

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The changes that took place in this period are beyond the scope of this article.

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This sometimes involves ideas related to symbolic value, but the discussion of these is beyond the purview of this paper.

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The theoretical debate has moved beyond the subject of interpretation of the past, to the necessity to reflect on archaeology itself.

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He moves beyond aesthetic analysis to relate these themes to the broader historical context.

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Beyond a more complete recounting of the story, we are in a position to do three things.

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Both strands are brought together in looking beyond individual responsibility or culpability to the structural and lifecourse causes of the problems.

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Beyond these remarks, it is revealing that the political discourse on impunity does not directly address its structural causes, but rather addresses the president personally.

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What is the pronunciation of beyond?

B1,B1,C2,C1