- on or to the further side of something
- The road continues beyond the village up into the hills.
- more than something
- Our success was far beyond what we thought possible.
- She's got nothing beyond her state pension.
- later than a particular time
- It won't go on beyond midnight.
- I know what I'll be doing for the next three weeks but I haven't thought beyond that.
- used to say that something is not possible
- The bicycle was beyond repair (= is too badly damaged to repair).
- The situation is beyond our control.
- too far or too advanced for somebody/something
- The handle was just beyond my reach.
- The exercise was beyond the abilities of most of the class.
Word OriginOld English begeondan, from be ‘by’ + geondan of Germanic origin (related to yon and yonder).
Idioms
See beyond in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee beyond in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishbe beyond somebody
- (informal) to be impossible for somebody to imagine, understand or do
- It's beyond me why she wants to marry Jeff.
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