beyond
pronunciation
How to pronounce beyond in British English:
UK [bɪˈjɒnd]
How to pronounce beyond in American English:
US [bɪˈjɑːnd]
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- Adverb:
- farther along in space or time or degree
- on the farther side from the observer
- in addition
Word Origin
- beyond
- beyond: [OE] Beyond is a lexicalization of the Old English phrase be geondan ‘from the farther side’. The second element comes from a prehistoric Germanic *jandana, formed on a base *jan- which also gave English the now largely dialectal yon [OE] and yonder [13]. To German it contributed the demonstrative adjective and pronoun jener ‘that’, and there are related demonstrative forms without the initial jin other Indo-European languages, including non-Germanic ones (Old Slavonic onu ‘that’, for instance, and Sanskrit āna- ‘this one’).=> yon, yonder
- beyond (prep.)
- Old English begeondan "beyond, from the farther side," from be- "by," here probably indicating position, + geond "yonder" (prep.); see yond. A compound not found elsewhere in Germanic.
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Example
- 1. This problem extended beyond the white house .
- 2. In 1980 there was hardly anyone beyond that line .
- 3. Every penny beyond that is either borrowed or printed .
- 4. Most firms are spreading beyond ratings altogether .
- 5. Beyond that , a company must disclose more financial data .