preposition / adverb / noun

beyond

bee-YAHND/bɪˈjɑːnd/

Farther than a specified boundary.

The path continues beyond the gate toward a distant cottage.

A path leads from the foreground through an open gate in a low stone wall, then continues across a clear stretch of ground to a small red-roofed cottage well beyond the gate.

Etymology

Be- probably marks position here, while geond points “over there.” Together they expressed being on the farther side, the spatial image behind being farther away than a place, point, or limit.

In context

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if I carry on my uniaxial tension test beyond this point Y, then I see that the curve goes up

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More examples

The repair costs are beyond our budget.
Her kindness goes beyond what anyone expected.
The poem imagines voices calling from the beyond.

Similar words

past: Often emphasizes movement farther than a point.
outside: Emphasizes being excluded from an area or limit.