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{
"term": "beyond",
"partOfSpeech": "preposition",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "on or to the further side of something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The road continues beyond the village up into the hills."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "more than something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Our success was far beyond what we thought possible."
},
{
"text": "She's got nothing beyond her state pension."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "later than a particular time",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "It won't go on beyond midnight."
},
{
"text": "I know what I'll be doing for the next three weeks but I haven't thought beyond that."
}
],
"topics": ["Time"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "used to say that something is not possible",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The bicycle was beyond repair *(= is too badly damaged to repair)*."
},
{
"text": "The situation is beyond our control."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "too far or too advanced for somebody/something",
"cefr": "b2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "The handle was just beyond my reach."
},
{
"text": "The exercise was beyond the abilities of most of the class."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to be impossible for somebody to imagine, understand or do",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "It's beyond me why she wants to marry Jeff."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈjɒnd/",
"audio": "be/beyond/beyond__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/bɪˈjɑːnd/",
"audio": "be/beyond/beyond__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English begeondan, from be ‘by’ + geondan of Germanic origin (related to yon and yonder)."
}