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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beyond \Be*yond"\, adverb Further away; at a distance; yonder.
Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. --Spenser.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Beyond \Be*yond"\, preposition [OE. biyonde, bi[yogh]eonde, AS. begeondan, preposition and adverb; pref. be- + geond yond, yonder. See {Yon}, {Yonder}.]
1. On the further side of; in the same direction as, and further on or away than.
Beyond that flaming hill. --G. Fletcher.
2. At a place or time not yet reached; before.
A thing beyond us, even before our death. --Pope.
3. Past, out of the reach or sphere of; further than; greater than; as, the patient was beyond medical aid; beyond one's strength.
4. In a degree or amount exceeding or surpassing; proceeding to a greater degree than; above, as in dignity, excellence, or quality of any kind. ''Beyond expectation.'' --Barrow.
Beyond any of the great men of my country. --Sir P. Sidney.
{Beyond sea}. (Law) See under {Sea}.
{To go beyond}, to exceed in ingenuity, in research, or in anything else; hence, in a bed sense, to deceive or circumvent.
That no man go beyond and defraud his brother in any matter. --1 Thess. iv. 6.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
beyond
adverb
1: 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: on the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a hayfield beyond" [syn: {on the far side}]
3: in addition; "agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
84 Moby Thesaurus words for "beyond": Heaven, Paradise, a better place, above, above and beyond, across, added, additionally, after, afterlife, afterworld, again, all included, also, altogether, among other things, and all, and also, and so, as well, as well as, athwart, au reste, behind, beside, besides, destiny, else, en plus, eternal home, extra, farther, fate, for lagniappe, further, furthermore, future state, home, in addition, in excess of, inter alia, into the bargain, item, later than, life after death, life to come, likewise, more, moreover, new, next world, on the side, on top of, other, otherwise, otherworld, outside, over, over and above, past, plus, postexistence, similarly, subsequent to, the beyond, the good hereafter, the grave, the great beyond, the great hereafter, the hereafter, the unknown, then, therewith, to boot, too, too deep for, transversely, what bodes, what is fated, without, world to come, yet, yon, yonder
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Beyond when used with reference to Jordan, signifies in the writings of Moses the west side of the river, as he wrote on the east bank (Gen. 50:10, 11; Deut. 1:1, 5; 3:8, 20; 4:46); but in the writings of Joshua, after he had crossed the river, it means the east side (Josh. 5:1; 12:7; 22:7).
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