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beyond

/biˈ(j)ɑnd/ preposition A2
  1. Further away than.
  2. On the far side of. · No swimming beyond this point.
  3. Later than; after.
  4. Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass. · Your staff went beyond my expectations in refunding my parking ticket.
  5. In addition to; supplementing. · She had no reason for the conviction beyond the very inadequate one that she had seen him around London.
  6. Past, or out of reach of. (figuratively) · You won't last beyond my first punch.· The patient was beyond medical help.
  7. Not within the comprehension of. (figuratively) · He understood geometry well, but algebraic topology was beyond him.
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Off to the left were the big barns and beyond them, away down over green, low-sloping fields, was a sparkling blue glimpse of sea.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 39 · C1
When they had dragged the nets to the shore they found but few fish: the nets were full of sand and stones, and the men were beyond measure cast down so much at the disappointment which had befallen them, but because they had formed such very different expectations.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 78 · B2
Beyond Willowmere came Violet Vale--a little green dimple in the shadow of Mr.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 106 · C1
There was a great cornfield beyond the fence, and not far away she saw a Scarecrow, placed high on a pole to keep the birds from the ripe corn.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, p. 16 · B2

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