beyond

1. Further away than.
2. On the far side of.

   No swimming beyond this point.

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   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.

   2012 September 7, Phil McNulty, “Moldova 0-5 England”, in BBC Sport

3. Later than; after.
4. Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass.

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

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   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.

   2006, Janis Mink, Joan Miró, →ISBN, page 55

5. In addition to; supplementing.

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

6. figurativelyPast, or out of reach of.

   The patient was beyond medical help.

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   You won't last beyond my first punch.

   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.

   1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC

   The 1300 class (Nos. 1301-16), one of which was damaged beyond repair in an accident, are Co-Cos, weigh 111 tons and have a top speed of 85 m.p.h.

   1962 March, J. M. Tolson, “The Netherlands Railways today—I”, in Modern Railways, page 172

7. figurativelyNot within the comprehension of.

   He understood geometry well, but algebraic topology was beyond him.

1. not comparableFarther along or away.

   next year and beyond

   Synonyms: ayond, ayont

2. not comparableIn addition; more.
3. informalnot comparableextremely, more than

   Marvel release stirring new set images of Black Panther and we are BEYOND excited [title]

   2017 July 13, Joseph Gamp, “Marvel release stirring new set images of Black Panther and we are BEYOND excited”, in Metro

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   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.

   2009, Jenny Lee, Women Are Crazy, Men Are Stupid, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 7

   “We are BEYOND not ready for climate change,” Mark Levine, a City Council representative, declared on Twitter.

   2021 September 1, Michael Levenson, Anne Barnard, quoting Mark Levine, “Scenes from New York City as Ida paralyzes region”, in The New York Times, →ISSN

   Synonyms: acutely, awfully, almighty, badly, seriously, impossibly, damn, drastically

plural beyonds

1. The unknown.
2. The hereafter.
3. Something that is far beyond.

   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