Standard Lemma guide

beyond

adv · noun · prep · 16 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /bɪˈjɒnd/
  • Atlantic-Canada, General-American: /biˈ(j)ɑnd/
  • California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • New-England, obsolete: /bɪˈjɛnd/
  • Canada, dialectal: /biˈjɒnd/ of the US
  • Australian: /biˈjɔnd/
  • New-Zealand: [biˈjɔ̟nd]
  • South-Asia: /bɪˈjɔɳɖ/
  • South-Asia: /bɪˈjɑɳɖ/ father-bother merger
  • rhymes with -ɒnd
  • CMU ARPABET: B IH0 AA1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 2: B IY2 AO1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
  • CMU ARPABET 3: B IH0 AO1 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adv

Meaning 1

Farther along or away.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • next year and beyond

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ayond, ayont

Antonyms: none provided

2

adv

Meaning 2

In addition; more.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adv

Meaning 3

extremely, more than

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: informal, not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: acutely, awfully, almighty, badly, beyond, damn, drastically, exceedingly, extraordinarily, highly, hugely, immensely, indecently, insanely, intensely, jolly, mightily, murrain, severely, strikingly, terribly, very much, violently, wicked, wildly

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The unknown.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

The hereafter.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

Something that is far beyond.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

prep

Meaning 7

Further away than.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

prep

Meaning 8

On the far side of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • No swimming beyond this point.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

prep

Meaning 9

Later than; after.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

prep

Meaning 10

Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

prep

Meaning 11

In addition to; supplementing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

prep

Meaning 12

Past, or out of reach of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

  • You won't last beyond my first punch.
  • The patient was beyond medical help.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

prep

Meaning 13

Not within the comprehension of.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

Examples

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

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

adverb

Meaning 14

in addition

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

adverb

Meaning 15

farther along in space or time or degree

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • through the valley and beyond
  • to the eighth grade but not beyond
  • will be influential in the 1990s and beyond

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

16

adverb

Meaning 16

on the farther side from the observer

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a pond with a hayfield beyond

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Old English beġeondan Middle English biyonde English beyond From Middle English biyonde, from Old English beġeondan, from be- + ġeond; related to yonder.

Across languages

Translations

118 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: kauempana — farther along or away
  • Ancient Greek: ὑπερέκεινα (huperékeina) — farther along or away
  • Irish: lastall — farther along or away
  • Spanish: más allá — farther along or away
  • Finnish: lisäksi — in addition; more
  • Afrikaans: anderkant — further away than
  • Arabic: أَبْعَد (ʔabʕad) — further away than
  • Arabic: أبعد (ʔabʕad) — further away than
  • Armenian: դուրս (durs) — further away than
  • Belarusian: за (za) — further away than
  • Belarusian: па-за́ (pa-zá) — further away than
  • Belarusian: зза́ду (zzádu) — further away than
  • Bulgarian: отзад (otzad) — further away than
  • Bulgarian: след (sled) — further away than
  • Catalan: enllà — further away than
  • Coptic: ⲛⲃⲗ- (nbl-) — further away than
  • Coptic: ⲙⲡⲃⲗ- (mpbl-) — further away than
  • Coptic: ⲛⲃⲗⲗ⸗ — further away than
  • Coptic: ⲛⲃⲗⲗⲁ⸗ — further away than
  • Coptic: ⲙⲡⲃⲗⲗⲉ⸗ — further away than
  • Coptic: ⲙⲃⲗⲗⲉ⸗ — further away than
  • Czech: za — further away than
  • Dutch: verder weg dan — further away than
  • Dutch: voorbij — further away than
  • Esperanto: preter — further away than
  • Finnish: kauempana kuin — further away than
  • Finnish: takana — further away than
  • French: au-delà — further away than
  • French: par-delà — further away than
  • Galician: alén — further away than
  • Ancient Greek: πέρα (péra) — further away than
  • Italian: oltre — further away than
  • Italian: (al) di là di — further away than
  • Italian: dall'altra parte di — further away than
  • Italian: più di — further away than
  • Latin: utra — further away than
  • Latin: ultra — further away than
  • Macedonian: отаде (otade) — further away than
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ājâilè — further away than
  • Neapolitan: chiù allà — further away than
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bortenfor — further away than
  • Persian: فرا (farâ) — further away than
  • Polish: poza — further away than
  • Portuguese: além — further away than
  • Russian: за (za) — further away than
  • Russian: позади́ (pozadí) — further away than
  • Russian: да́льше (dálʹše) — further away than
  • Spanish: más allá / acullá de — further away than
  • Spanish: allende — further away than
  • Turkish: öte — further away than
  • Ukrainian: за (za) — further away than
  • Ukrainian: поза́ду (pozádu) — further away than
  • Ukrainian: зза́ду (zzádu) — further away than
  • Ukrainian: ізза́ду (izzádu) — further away than
  • Ukrainian: поза́д (pozád) — further away than
  • Ukrainian: по́за (póza) — further away than
  • Walloon: houte di — further away than
  • Walloon: djudla di — further away than
  • Afrikaans: verder — on the far side of
  • Afrikaans: verby — on the far side of
  • Arabic: أَقْصَى (ʔaqṣā) — on the far side of
  • Arabic: أبعد (ʔabʕad) — on the far side of
  • Bulgarian: отвъд (otvǎd) — on the far side of
  • Catalan: dellà — on the far side of
  • Danish: hinsides — on the far side of
  • Esperanto: trans — on the far side of
  • Faroese: handan — on the far side of
  • Finnish: kauempana kuin — on the far side of
  • French: au-delà — on the far side of
  • German: jenseits — on the far side of
  • Ancient Greek: πέρα (péra) — on the far side of
  • Irish: lastall de — on the far side of
  • Italian: oltre — on the far side of
  • Latin: trans — on the far side of
  • Māori: ki tua — on the far side of
  • Māori: kei tua — on the far side of
  • Khiamniungan Naga: ājâilè — on the far side of
  • Norwegian Bokmål: bortenfor — on the far side of
  • Polish: poza — on the far side of
  • Portuguese: além — on the far side of
  • Russian: за (za) — on the far side of
  • Russian: позади́ (pozadí) — on the far side of
  • Spanish: más allá de — on the far side of
  • Spanish: allende — on the far side of
  • Ukrainian: за межами (za mežamy) — on the far side of
  • Welsh: y tu draw i — on the far side of
  • Afrikaans: meer — later than; after
  • Afrikaans: buite — later than; after
  • Arabic: بَعْد (baʕd) — later than; after
  • Arabic: بعد (baʕd) — later than; after
  • Armenian: ուշ (uš) — later than; after
  • Bulgarian: след (sled) — later than; after
  • Finnish: myöhemmin kuin — later than; after
  • Finnish: jälkeen — later than; after
  • Italian: dopo — later than; after
  • Latin: ultra — later than; after
  • Russian: по́сле (pósle) — later than; after
  • Arabic: فَوْق (fawq) — greater than
  • Arabic: فوق (fūʔ) — greater than
  • Finnish: yli — greater than
  • Italian: oltre — greater than
  • Latin: ultra — greater than
  • Russian: вы́ше (výše) — greater than
  • Swedish: bortom — greater than
  • Arabic: فَوْقَ (fawqa) — in addition to
  • Arabic: فوق كدا (fūʔ kedā) — in addition to
  • Armenian: բացի (bacʻi) — in addition to
  • Armenian: դուրս (durs) — in addition to
  • Finnish: lisäksi — in addition to
  • Irish: le cois — in addition to
  • Italian: oltre — in addition to
  • Latin: ultra — in addition to
  • Polish: poza — in addition to
  • Russian: кро́ме (króme) — in addition to
  • Russian: не счита́я (ne sčitája) — in addition to
  • Bengali: বাইরে (baire) — past, out of reach of
  • Finnish: ulottumattomissa — past, out of reach of
  • Finnish: yläpuolella — past, out of reach of
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