beyond
About 94.86 uses per million words.
Meaning
- preposition Further away than.
- preposition On the far side of.
No swimming beyond this point.
- preposition Later than; after.
- preposition Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass.
Your staff went beyond my expectations in refunding my parking ticket.
- preposition In addition to; supplementing.
She had no reason for the conviction beyond the very inadequate one that she had seen him around London.
- preposition Past, or out of reach of.
You won't last beyond my first punch.
- preposition Not within the comprehension of.
He understood geometry well, but algebraic topology was beyond him.
- adverb Farther along or away.
next year and beyond
Similar words
on the far side farther far externally outside afield more out off about
Often followed by
the that a this all their his what its
Word family
beyonds
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