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beyond

  • preposition
  • be·yond
  • /bɪˈjɒnd/

Further away than.

Other meanings

  1. On the far side of.

    “No swimming beyond this point.”

  2. Later than; after.

Antonyms

  • before
  • earlier

Related words

  • beyondish
  • beyond a joke
  • Little England beyond Wales
  • go beyond the pale
  • beyondness
  • beyondward
  • beyonsense
  • therebeyond
  • beyond a reasonable doubt
  • beyond words
  • beyond compare
  • beyond comparison

Example sentences

  • “Do we exist beyond our physical form?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “I love you beyond words.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Word history

From Old English "beġeondan".

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “beyond” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.