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beyond

beyond

47 1.0
More than what has already been given or promised
  • adverb
  • /bɪˈjɑnd/
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  • Her kindness and generosity go beyond what most people expect from a friend.
  • above and beyond
  • go above and beyond

And these are a world, you could say, beyond the merely ethical world.

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Examples

  • You have a complex subject which is really beyond human understanding.

  • The project received support from local businesses and beyond, helping to ensure its success.

  • Freedom stands beyond the need to convince others.

  • We have bookings for the next six weeks and beyond.

  • And it extends beyond just foods as well.

  • It brought out the essence of who you are beyond any form.

  • It goes beyond those things, millions of years beyond.

  • An educator who only teaches to the standard, and not beyond, is not doing their job.

    Blog text (8)
  • By thirteen and beyond, though, they weren't children any longer.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • The benefits of exercising regularly extend beyond just physical health; they also improve mental well-being.

Synonyms

besides
vsbeyond
1.0

To add another reason or fact

adds purely as extra information without casual dismissiveness
in addition
vsbeyond
453 1.2

Adds extra information

adds to what is already stated or provided
furthermore
vsbeyond
  • Formal
210 3.6

Adds an extra point that supports what was said

adds extra information without added emphasis
additionally
vsbeyond
  • Formal
111 3.6

To give another fact or idea

applies to what is added to what already exists or was provided
into the bargain
vsbeyond
  • UK
1 3.8

Adds an extra thing to what was said

refers to addition to what is provided without surprise
further
vsbeyond
1 1.0

To add a new point or give extra information

refers to addition to what has already been stated or provided
therewithal
vsbeyond
  • Archaic
9.9

In addition to what was just said

is the common neutral expression for the same additive idea

Antonyms

4 1.0

Inside a place or thing, usually in its inner part

Idioms

14 6.2

So beautiful or moving that you cannot describe it

beyond the pale
  • Informal
12 9.1

Morally and socially wrong to most people

Being more mature and wiser than other people the same age

Completely certain with no doubt

Completely sure with no chance of being wrong

To a very great degree

4 2.8

Completely certain with no possible reason to think it is wrong

To spend more money than you can afford

Too strong to be stopped or managed

1 8.2

Something I do not have the responsibility or power to decide at work

beyond the beyonds
  • Literature
1 9.9

Far past what people can imagine or expect

1 9.9

Far from towns and cities, often in the Australian outback

More understanding or maturity than people of the same age show

Much better than you could imagine or hope for

Compounds

A place people imagine where they go after they die

1 9.8

A place far from towns and people

Surface Forms

beyond positive

Etymology

Beyond comes from the old parts be- and yond, with yond the same root as yonder meaning 'on the other side'. So when you say something is 'beyond' what is given, you mean it is 'more than' or 'in addition to' what was already stated.