I. bēˈänd also bēˈyä- or bə̇ˈyä- sometimes -ˈ(y)ȯ- or -ˈ(y)ə- adverb
Etymology: Middle English beyonde, adverb & preposition, from Old English begeondan, from be- + geondan beyond, from geond yond, yonder — more at yond
1.
a. : farther away or farther along in space, time, or any developing temporal activity
along the road through the valley and beyond to town
the class lasts until four o'clock and seldom goes beyond
through the secondary school and beyond
b. : on the farther side
a hayfield with a pond beyond
2. : in addition : further
to provide the essentials but nothing beyond
II. preposition
Etymology: Middle English beyonde
1. : on or to the farther side of : in the same direction as but farther on or farther away
a house beyond a field and a small wood
traveling beyond the larger cities to a village on the same route
he made his native town his home, never journeying many miles beyond its borders — H.E.Starr
2.
a. : out of the reach or sphere of
then we grew beyond it — H.A.Overstreet
: greater than the grasp or power of
a task beyond his strength
a sick man far beyond medical help
the job was clearly beyond him — Merle Miller
b. : in a degree or amount surpassing
angry beyond measure
beautiful beyond expression
c. : out of or passing the comprehension of
his reasoning is beyond us
God's ways are beyond us — M.R.Cohen
3. : in addition to : over and above , besides
decided to make traffic control their personal business beyond their regular duties — Lamp
without any treatment beyond sedatives and rest — Stuart Chase
III. noun
( -s )
Etymology: beyond (I)
1. : something that lies beyond
a river for small boats for twenty miles back into the beyond — R.W.Hatch
2. sometimes capitalized : something that lies outside the scope of ordinary experience
there's a beyond that the mind can't see, and that's where the answers are — Robert Nathan
specifically : hereafter II