From Old English _beġeondan_.

* Rhymes: -ɒnd

BEYOND * Further away than. * On the far side of. * Later than; after. * Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass. _Your staff went BEYOND my expectations in refunding my parking ticket._ * In addition to. * Past, or out of reach of. _The patient was BEYOND medical help._ * 1879, Richard Jefferies, _The Amateur Poacher_, chapterII: Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little BEYOND our skill. SEE ALSO * para- SYNONYMS * ayond * ayont ANTONYMS * before * earlier DERIVED TERMS * beyond a reasonable doubt * beyond compare * beyond doubt * beyond one's ken * beyond question * beyond recognition * beyond the black stump * beyond the pale TRANSLATIONS

BEYOND (_not comparable_) * Farther along or away. * In addition; more. SYNONYMS * ayond, ayont (obsolete)

BEYOND (_uncountable_) * The unknown. * The hereafter. DERIVED TERMS * back of beyond * great beyond TRANSLATIONS