BEYOND THE PALE

Meaning of BEYOND THE PALE in English

beyond the limit, over the boundary

His comment went beyond the pale of respect. It was vulgar.

Wayne Magnuson. English idioms vocabulary. Словарь английских идиом. 2012

BEYOND THE PALE — adj. absolutely unacceptable, outside the limits of integrity and morality, beyond the bounds of good taste, beyond standards of decency
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BEYOND THE PALE — outside the bounds of acceptable behaviour. → pale
Concise Oxford English vocab
BEYOND THE PALE — considered by most people to be unacceptable or unreasonable : His remarks were clearly beyond the pale.
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND THE PALE — see pale
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND THE PALE — see pale
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
BEYOND THE PALE — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} In disgrace; with no chance of being accepted or respected by others; not approved by the …
Slang English vocab
BEYOND THE PALE — UNACCEPTABLE, unseemly, improper, unsuitable, unreasonable, intolerable, disgraceful, deplorable, outrageous, scandalous, shocking; informal not on, not the done thing, out of …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEYOND THE PALE — {adv.} or {adj. phr.} In disgrace; with no chance of being accepted or respected by others; not approved by the …
Словарь английских идиом
BEYOND THE PALE — outside the bounds of acceptable behavior What they are doing is totally unacceptable and beyond the pale.
English Idioms vocab
BEYOND THE PALE — adv. or adj. phr. In disgrace; with no chance of being accepted or respected by others; not approved by the …
American Idioms English vocabulary
PALE — I. ˈpāl, esp before pause or consonant -āəl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BEYOND — I. bēˈänd also bēˈyä- or bə̇ˈyä- sometimes -ˈ(y)ȯ- or -ˈ(y)ə- adverb Etymology: Middle English beyonde, adverb & preposition, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PALE — (v. i.) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; a pale …
Английский словарь Webster
BEYOND — (prep.) Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; …
Английский словарь Webster
PALE — ( v. i. ) Wanting in color; not ruddy; dusky white; pallid; wan; as, a pale face; a pale red; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BEYOND — ( prep. ) Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
PALE — pale 1 — palely , adv. — paleness , n. /payl/ , adj., paler, palest , v. , paled, paling …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BEYOND — — beyondness , n. /bee ond", bi yond"/ , prep. 1. on, at, or to the farther side of: Beyond …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PALE — I. ˈpāl noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French pel, pal stake, from Latin palus — more at pole Date: 12th …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BEYOND — I. bē-ˈänd adverb Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, from Old English begeondan, from be- + geondan beyond, from geond …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PALE — noun a cheese scoop. 2. pale ·noun paleness; pallor. 3. pale ·noun a stripe or band, as on a garment. …
Webster English vocab
BEYOND — adv further away; at a distance; yonder. 2. beyond ·prep at a place or time not yet reached; before. 3. …
Webster English vocab
PALE — ~ 1 ■ adjective 1》 containing little colour or pigment; light in colour or shade. ↘(of a person's face) having …
Concise Oxford English vocab
PALE — [pale] n [ME, fr. MF pal stake, fr. L palus--more at pole] (12c) 1 archaic: palisade, paling 2. a: one …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BEYOND — [be.yond] adv [ME, prep. & adv., fr. OE begeondan, fr. be- + geondan beyond, fr. geond yond--more at yond] (bef. …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PALE — (from Latin palus, stake), district separated from the surrounding country by defined boundaries or distinguished by a different administrative and …
Britannica English vocabulary
PALE — / peɪl; NAmE / adjective , verb , noun ■ adjective ( paler , pal·est ) 1. ( of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND — / bɪˈjɒnd; NAmE bɪˈjɑːnd/ preposition , adverb ■ preposition 1. on or to the further side of sth : The …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PALE — I. pale 1 W3 /peɪl/ BrE AmE adjective [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: Latin pallidus ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
BEYOND — I. be ‧ yond 1 S2 W1 /bɪˈjɒnd $ -ˈjɑːnd/ BrE AmE preposition , adverb [ Language: Old English ; …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PALE — adj. & v. --adj. 1 (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BEYOND — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1 at or to the further side of (beyond the river). 2 outside the scope, …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PALE — adj. & v. adj. 1 (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BEYOND — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 at or to the further side of (beyond the river). 2 outside the scope, …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PALE — 1. adj. & v. --adj. 1. (of a person or complexion) of a whitish or ashen appearance. 2 a (of …
Oxford English vocab
BEYOND — prep., adv., & n. --prep. 1. at or to the further side of (beyond the river). 2 outside the scope, …
Oxford English vocab
PALE — ( paler, palest, pales, paling, paled) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is beyond a place …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
BEYOND — Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. If something is ~ a place …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
PALE — I. adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a light/pale colour (= not dark or strong ) ▪ Light colours make a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEYOND — I. preposition COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES above and beyond (= greater than it is your duty to show ) ▪ …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
BEYOND — (FURTHER AWAY) [preposition], [adverb] [not gradable] - further away in the distance (than something)In the distance, beyond the river, was …
Cambridge English vocab
PALE — Synonyms and related words : abate, abnormal, achievement, achromatic, achromatize, achromic, alabaster, alabastrine, albescent, alerion, ambit, anathema, anemic, animal charge, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEYOND — Synonyms and related words : Heaven, Paradise, a better place, above, above and beyond, across, added, additionally, after, afterlife, afterworld, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEYOND — n. Function: preposition 1 on or to the farther side of FF1C; the store is just beyond the next house …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
BEYOND — I. adverb 1. on or to the farther side a house with mountains beyond Synonyms: farther, further, ||yon, yonder 2. …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
PALE — n. 25B6; adjective she looked pale and drawn : WHITE, pallid, pasty, wan, colourless, anaemic, bloodless, washed out, peaky, ashen, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
BEYOND — n. 25B6; preposition beyond the trees : ON THE FAR SIDE OF, on the other side of, further away than, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PALE — n. 1 paling, palisade, picket, upright, post, stake The pales are attached to horizontal rails to form a fence 2 …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PALE — adj. 1 colourless, white, wan, sallow, waxen, livid, ashen, ashy, pallid, bloodless, whitish, pasty, whey-faced, washed out, anaemic, blanched, drained, …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
PALE — I 1. сущ. 1) уст. забор, палисад, частокол Syn : palisade, paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина (из ограды, забора) Syn …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BEYOND — загробная жизнь - what can we know of the *? что мы знаем о потустороннем мире? > the back of …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PALE — pale.ogg _I 1. peıl n 1. кол, свая, стойка 2. 1> частокол, ограда 2> граница, черта, предел out of within …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BEYOND — beyond.ogg 1. bıʹjɒnd n загробная жизнь ( тж. great beyond) what can we know of the beyond? - что мы …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PALE — 1) бледный 2) блеклый 3) кол • - pale brick - pale color - pale crepe
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PALE — pale I 1. сущ.1) устар. забор, палисад, частокол Syn:palisade, paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина (из ограды, забора) Syn:picket 1. 3) …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
BEYOND — далеко, вдали; на расстоянии за, по ту сторону, за пределами позже; после вне; выше, сверх далее, дальше; там, на расстоянии …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PALE — I 1. [peıl] n 1. кол, свая, стойка 2. 1) частокол, ограда 2) граница, черта, предел out of [within] the …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
PALE — _I 1. peıl n 1. кол, свая, стойка 2. 1> частокол, ограда 2> граница, черта, предел out of within the …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BEYOND — 1. bıʹjɒnd n загробная жизнь ( тж. great beyond) what can we know of the beyond? - что мы знаем …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PALE — I 1. сущ. 1) уст. забор, палисад, частокол Syn: palisade , paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина ( из ограды, забора …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
BEYOND — 1. нареч. далеко, вдали; на расстоянии 2. предл. 1) за, по ту сторону, за пределами beyond the ocean —по ту …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
PALE — I 1. сущ. 1) уст. забор, палисад, частокол Syn: palisade, paling 2) кол; свая; штакетина (из ограды, забора) Syn: picket 1. 3) а) огораживание, обособленность Syn: enclosure б) ограниченная территория в) ист. территория - …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
BEYOND — 1. нареч. далеко, вдали; на расстоянии 2. предл. 1) за, по ту сторону, за пределами beyond the ocean —по ту сторону океана 2) позже; после beyond …
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики

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