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beyond

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be·yond  (b-nd, b-ynd)
prep.
1. On the far side of; past: Just beyond the fence.
2. Later than; after: beyond midnight.
3. To a degree that is past the understanding, reach, or scope of: an evil beyond remedy.
4. To a degree or amount greater than: rich beyond his wildest dreams.
5. In addition to: asked for nothing beyond peace and quiet.
adv.
1. Farther along or away.
2. In addition; more: wanted her share but nothing beyond.
n.
1. That which is past or to a degree greater than knowledge or experience; the unknown: "Sputnik, the first satellite to enter the great beyond of space" (Dale Russakoff).
2. The world beyond death; the hereafter.

[Middle English biyonde, from Old English begeondan : be, by; see by1 + geondan, on the far side of; see i- in Indo-European roots.]

beyond [bɪˈjɒnd]
prep
1. at or to a point on the other side of; at or to the further side of beyond those hills there is a river
2. outside the limits or scope of beyond this country's jurisdiction
adv
1. at or to the other or far side of something
2. outside the limits of something
n
the beyond the unknown; the world outside the range of man's perception, esp life after death in certain religious beliefs
[Old English begeondan; see by, yonder]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adv.1.beyond - farther along in space or time or degree; "through the valley and beyond"; "to the eighth grade but not beyond"; "will be influential in the 1990s and beyond"
2.beyond - on the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a hayfield beyond"
3.beyond - in addition; "agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond"

beyond
preposition
1. on the other side of, behind, on the far side of, outwith (Scot.) They heard footsteps in the main room, beyond a door.
2. after, over, past, above, later than, upwards of Few jockeys continue riding beyond the age of forty.
3. past, outside, outwith (Scot.), outside the range of His interests extended beyond the fine arts.
4. except for, but, save, apart from, other than, excluding, besides, aside from I knew nothing beyond a few random facts.
5. exceeding, surpassing, superior to, out of reach of What he had done was beyond my comprehension.
6. outside, over, above, outwith (Scot.), outside the range of The situation was beyond her control.
adverb
further away, far away, far off, at a distance People come from Renfrewshire and beyond to see his grave.
Translations
beyond [bɪˈjɒnd]
A. PREP
1. (in space) (= further than) → más allá de; (= on the other side of) → al otro lado de
you can't go beyond the barrierno se puede cruzar la barrera
beyond the convent wallstras los muros del convento
beyond the seasallende los mares
2. (in time) she won't stay much beyond a monthno se quedará mucho más de un mes
we can't see beyond 2010no podemos ver más allá de 2010
it was beyond the middle of Juneera más de mediados de junio
beyond 12 o'clockpasadas las 12
it's beyond bedtimeya se ha pasado la hora de irse a la cama
3. (= surpassing, exceeding) the situation was beyond her controlla situación estaba fuera de su control
what he has done is beyond my comprehensionlo que ha hecho me resulta incomprensible
it's beyond me whyno alcanzo a ver por qué ...
this is getting beyond mese me está haciendo imposible esto
it's beyond beliefes increíble
it's beyond doubt thatno cabe duda de que ...
that's beyond a jokeeso es el colmo
that job was beyond himese trabajo era demasiado para él or era superior a sus fuerzas
his interests extend beyond the fine arts to philosophysus intereses se extienden más allá de las bellas artes a la filosofía
beyond repairirreparable
4. (= apart from) → aparte de
I knew nothing beyond a few random factsno sabía nada, aparte de algunos hechos aislados
he has no personal staff, beyond a secretaryno tiene personal, aparte de una secretaria
B. ADVmás allá
next year and beyondel año que viene y después
C. N the (great) beyondel más allá
to live at the back of beyondvivir en el quinto pino, vivir en el quinto infierno

beyond [bɪˈjɒnd]
prep
(in space)au-delà de
There was a lake beyond the mountain → Il y avait un lac au-delà de la montagne.
(in time)au-delà de
(= too difficult for) to be beyond sb
It's beyond me → Ça me dépasse.
to be beyond sb's comprehension → dépasser l'entendement de qn
to be beyond doubt [ability] → être hors de doute; [result] → être sans appel
By the interval, the result was beyond doubt → À la mi-temps, le score était sans appel.
to show beyond doubt that ... → démontrer de manière irréfutable que ...
to show sth beyond doubt → démontrer amplement qch
to prove sth beyond doubt → prouver qch de manière irréfutable
to know beyond doubt that ... → avoir l'intime conviction que ...
beyond repair (= irreparable) → irréparable
to be beyond repair, to be damaged beyond repair → être irréparable
beyond belief (= unbelievable) → incroyable
to change beyond recognition → devenir méconnaissable
to be beyond caring (= no longer care) → ne plus s'en faire du tout
advau-delà

beyond
prep
(in space, = on the other side of) → über (+dat), → jenseits (+gen) (geh); (= further than)über (+acc)hinaus, weiter als; beyond the Alpsjenseits der Alpen; I saw peak beyond snow-capped peakich sah schneebedeckte Gipfel bis weit in die Ferne; beyond the convent wallsaußerhalb der Klostermauern
(in time) beyond 6 o’clock/next week/the 17th centurynach 6 Uhr/nächster Woche/dem 17. Jahrhundert; until beyond 6 o’clockbis nach 6 Uhr; until beyond next week/the 17th centurybis über nächste Woche/das 17. Jahrhundert hinaus; beyond the middle of June/the weeküber Mitte Juni/der Woche hinaus
(= surpassing, exceeding) a task beyond her abilitieseine Aufgabe, die über ihre Fähigkeiten geht; it’s beyond your authoritydas liegt außerhalb Ihrer Befugnis; that is beyond human understandingdas übersteigt menschliches Verständnis; beyond repairnicht mehr zu reparieren; it was beyond her to pass the examsie schaffte es nicht, das Examen zu bestehen; that’s beyond me (= I don’t understand)das geht über meinen Verstand, das kapiere ich nicht (inf) ? compare, grave1, helpetc
(with neg, interrog) → außer; have you any money beyond what you have in the bank?haben Sie außer dem, was Sie auf der Bank haben, noch Geld?; beyond this/thatsonst; I’ve got nothing to suggest beyond thissonst habe ich keine Vorschläge
adv (= on the other side of)jenseits davon (geh); (= after that)danach; (= further than that)darüber hinaus, weiter; India and the lands beyondIndien und die Gegenden jenseits davon; … a river, and beyond is a small field… ein Fluss, und danach kommt ein kleines Feld; the world beyonddas Jenseits
n the great Beyonddas Jenseits; (= space)der weite Raum

beyond [bɪˈjɒnd]
1. prep (in place, time) → al di là di; (further than) → più in là di; (exceeding) → al di là di, al di sopra di; (apart from) → oltre a
beyond my reach → fuori della mia portata
it would be unwise to delay it beyond 1998 → sarebbe poco saggio rimandarlo oltre il 1998
it's almost beyond belief → è incredibile
that job is beyond him → quel lavoro è al di sopra delle sue capacità
it's beyond me why ... → non arriverò mai a capire perché...
that's beyond a joke → questo non è più uno scherzo
beyond doubt → senza dubbio
beyond repair → irreparabile
2. advpiù oltre, più in là, più avanti

beyond [bɪˈjɒnd]
1. prep (in place, time) → al di là di; (further than) → più in là di; (exceeding) → al di là di, al di sopra di; (apart from) → oltre a
beyond my reach → fuori della mia portata
it would be unwise to delay it beyond 1998 → sarebbe poco saggio rimandarlo oltre il 1998
it's almost beyond belief → è incredibile
that job is beyond him → quel lavoro è al di sopra delle sue capacità
it's beyond me why ... → non arriverò mai a capire perché...
that's beyond a joke → questo non è più uno scherzo
beyond doubt → senza dubbio
beyond repair → irreparabile
2. advpiù oltre, più in là, più avanti

beyond
prep beyond [biˈjond]
1 on the farther side of My house is just beyond those trees. anderkant, oorkant ما وَراء оттатък za på den anden side jenseits πέρα από más allá de taga آن سوی؛ در پس takana de l'autre côté de מֵעֶבֶר के पार iza, onkraj túl di seberang handan (við) oltre, al di là di ~の向こうに …의 저편(너머)에 aiz disebalik sana voorbij hinsides, bortenfor, den andre sida av za além de dincolo de за, по ту сторону za onstran iza bortom, på andra sidan om ที่อยู่ไกลออกไป ötesinde, ötesine 在...的那邊 за; поза اس پرے ، کے پار ، دوسرے سرے ở hay tới một điểm xa hơn ...
2 farther on than (something) in time or place I cannot plan beyond tomorrow. verder as أبْعَدُ مِن، ما وِراء по-далеч от dále než udover; længere weiter als πέρα από (για χρόνο ή για τόπο) más allá de üle, kaugemal بعد از؛ پس از yli au-delà de אַחֲרֵי किसी समय या दूरी के पार dalje od távolabbra melampaui fram yfir al di là di ~を過ぎて …보다 이상으로 toliau negu aiz; pēc sehingga verder dan lenger, seinere poza para além de mai departe de позже ďalej ako dlje kot dalje od längre än ที่ไกลกว่า ötesi, ötesini 在某時間點或地點之後 за межею чого; далі ніж کے بعد muộn hơn một thời điểm nào đó
3 out of the range, power etc of beyond help. reddeloos خارِجُ نِطاق извън mimo, bez udenfor jenseits πέραν, εκτός των ορίων fuera de võimatu خارج از؛ گذشته از ulkopuolella au-delà de, hors de מִעֶבֶר לְכָל תִקווָה से बाहर izvan dohvata túl di luar jangkauan of langt gengið til að, handan, út fyrir oltre ~の範囲を超えて …이 미치지 않는 neįmanoma, negalima aiz; viņpus diluar pertolongan buiten het bereik van utenfor poza fora de dincolo de сверх, вне, выше mimo, bez zunaj izvan utom, bortom เลยออกไป ...-miyecek kadar, ...-den daha fazla 超出 понад, вище دسترس سے باہر vượt ra
4 other than What is there to say beyond what's already been said? meer غير освен kromě, mimo ud over außer εκτός από más de, algo más de peale selle افزون بر؛ به غیر از lukuun ottamatta d'autre que מִעֶבֶר ל- के अतिरिक्त osim kívül selain umfram oltre, più di ~の他に …이외 be, išskyrus pēc selain dari behalve mer enn, ytterligere, ut over det poza além do que în afară de кроме, сверх, больше okrem, navyše razen osim utöver นอกจาก ...-in dışında 除...之外 крім علاوہ ازیں ngoại trừ cái gì ...
beyond compare
having no equal His achievements are beyond compare. bo لا يُضاهى، لا نَظير لَه несравним nesrovnatelný uden sammenligning unvergleichlich απαράμιλλος incomparable, no tiene igual võrreldamatu منحصر به فرد؛ غیر قابل قیاس verraton sans pareil לא נִיתַן לְהַשווָאָה लाजवाब neusporedivo felülmúlhatatlan tanpa tandingan óviðjafnanlegur incomparabile 比類なく 무엇과도 비교할 수 없을 만큼 nepalyginamas, nepaprastas nepielīdzināmi; nesalīdzināmi tiada bandingannya onvergelijkbaar uforliknelig, uten sammenlikning nieporówywalny sem comparação fără pereche вне всякого сравнения neporovnateľný brez primere van konkurencije utan jämförelse, makalös ไม่มีสิ่งใดเสมอเหมือน her türlü takdirin üstünde 無與倫比 незрівнянний سے باہر không gì sánh được
beyond expectation
much more or much better than expected The plan succeeded beyond all expectations; The hotel was beyond our expectations. bo فوق كُل التَّوَقُّعات неочакван nad očekávání over al forventning jenseits der Erwartungen πέρα από κάθε προσδοκία mejor de lo esperado, supera las expectativas üle ootuste بیش از حد انتظار yli odotusten au-delà de מִעֶבֶר לַצִיפּייָה आश्चर्य जनक रूप से अच्छा izvan očekivanja várakozáson felül di luar dugaan oltre le previsioni 予想以上に(よい) 기대 이상으로 pranokti (kieno) lūkesčius labāk par cerēto diluar dugaan boven alle verwachtingen over all forventning ponad wszelkie/najśmielsze oczekiwania сверх (всякого) ожидания nad očakávanie nad pričakovanji iznad očekivanja över all förväntan เกินความคาดหมาย umulandan çok daha iyi 出乎意料地 кращий, ніж чекали سے باہر ngoài mong đợi
beyond one's means
too expensive(ly) A painting by Picasso is beyond my means; He lives well beyond his means (= he spends more money than he earns). bokant فَوْقَ إمكانيّاتِه الماديّه прекалено скъп nad možnosti, nad poměry ud over ens økonomiske formåen über jemands Verhältnisse πέρα από τις οικονομικές μου δυνατότητες por encima de las posibilidades de uno üle oma võimaluste خارج از وسع مالی؛ گران liian kallis au-dessus de ses moyens מִעֶבֶר לָיכוֹלֶת बूते से ज्यादा preskupo elérhetetlen terlalu mahal um efni fram al di sopra dei propri mezzi 身分不相応な 분수에 넘치는 ne pagal kišenę pāri kāda līdzekļiem diluar kemampuan boven iemands financia ale draagkracht over ens økonomiske evne poza możliwościami finansowymi acima das posses de peste posibilităţile financiare (ale cuiva) не по средствам nad možnosti, nad pomery nad zmožnostmi iznad mogućnosti över ngns tillgångar แพงเกินไป çok pahalı 超過個人財力的(地) не по кишені; занадто розкішно طاقت سے باہر quá đắt

beyond وراء za på den anden side af jenseits πέρα από más allá yli au-delà onkraj oltre ・・・の向こうに ...의 너머에 voorbij bortenfor poza além de за пределами bortom เลยออกไป ötesinde ngoài 超过


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What ships from beyond they have warned only the secret archives of government show; but, a naval officer myself, I have gathered from the traditions of the service that it has been fully two hundred years since smoke or sail has been sighted east of 30d or west of 175d.
Once on a time, Zarathustra also cast his fancy beyond man, like all backworldsmen.
In 1855, Brun-Rollet, a native of Savoy, appointed consul for Sardinia in Eastern Soudan, to take the place of Vaudey, who had just died, set out from Karthoum, and, under the name of Yacoub the merchant, trading in gums and ivory, got as far as Belenia, beyond the fourth degree, but had to return in ill-health to Karthoum, where he died in 1857.
 
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