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[bɪˈjɒnd]

grammar word summary: Beyond can be: ■ a preposition: the world beyond the prison wall ■ an adverb: The empire extended to the River Danube and beyond.

1) past a place further away than something else or outside a particular area

I could see the sea beyond the fields.[/ex]

Dr Barnard's fame had spread far beyond South Africa.[/ex]

2) not within the limits of sth outside the range or limits of a subject, quality, or activity

Their behaviour went far beyond what is acceptable.[/ex]

3) after a time or age, or above an amount continuing after a particular time or age, or moving past a particular level

Some people will prefer to continue working beyond 65.[/ex]

Inflation has risen beyond 10%.[/ex]

4) not able to be done used for saying that something cannot be done

The situation is already beyond our control.[/ex]

I'm afraid the watch is damaged beyond repair.[/ex]

The centre of Manchester has changed beyond recognition.[/ex]

5) except used in negative sentences to mean ‘except'

We know nothing about him beyond these few facts.[/ex]

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be beyond sb — to be too difficult for someone to understand or deal with[/ex]

It's beyond me why anyone should want to marry him.[/ex]