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Definition of Beyond

1. Adverb. Farther along in space or time or degree. "Will be influential in the 1990s and beyond"

2. Adverb. On the farther side from the observer. "A pond with a hayfield beyond"

3. Adverb. In addition. "Agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond"

Definition of Beyond

1. prep. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.

2. adv. Further away; at a distance; yonder.

Definition of Beyond

1. Preposition. Further away than. ¹

2. Preposition. On the far side of. ¹

3. Preposition. Later than; after. ¹

4. Preposition. Greater than. ¹

5. Preposition. In addition to. ¹

6. Adverb. Farther along or away. ¹

7. Adverb. In addition; more. ¹

8. Noun. The unknown. ¹

9. Noun. The hereafter. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beyond

1. something that lies farther ahead [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beyond

Literary usage of Beyond

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Republic of Plato by Plato (1888)
"Undoubtedly, when he takes upon himself to go beyond Then will not the unjust man also go beyond another njust man and an unjust ..."

2. A Treatise of Human Nature: Being an Attempt to Introduce the Experimental by David ( Hume (1890)
"... we draw from it do we go ' beyond experience,'1 that we do tliis will merely be, if his account of it as a 'philosophical not go rotation' be true, ..."

3. Institutes of the Christian Religion by Jean Calvin (1844)
"Hence it is evident, beyond all controversy, that baptism ... a due consideration of which will prove, beyond all doubt, that baptism is justly administered ..."

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