prep.
&
adv.
- at or to the further side of.
▸more extensive or extreme than.
- happening or continuing after.
- having reached or progressed further than (a specified level or amount).
- to or in a degree where a specified action is impossible.
▸too advanced for.
-
[with neg.]
apart from; except.
n.
(
the beyond)
the unknown, especially in references to life after death.
Etymology
OE begeondan, from be ‘by’ + geondan, of Gmc origin.