1 outside or after (a stated limit): --
Her guilt was established beyond reasonable doubt.
She says she is beyond excited to see her son for the first time in more than three years.
He survived the accident, but his car was damaged beyond repair.
His thoughtlessness is beyond belief.
The behaviour of people with ADHD goes beyond occasional fidgeting or disorganization.
The appeal of this device goes beyond convenience.
She has always lived beyond her means (= spent more than she has earned).
Tonight's performance has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control (= events that we are unable to deal with).
The repercussions will be felt throughout the industry and beyond (= in other areas).
I've got nothing to tell you beyond (= in addition to) what I told you earlier.
We cannot allow the work to continue beyond the end of the year.
2 If something is beyond you, you are unable to understand it: --
Physics is completely beyond me.
4 outside or after a stated limit: --
She has changed beyond recognition.
My job goes beyond teaching facts – my aim is to get children to think for themselves.
Tonight’s performance has been cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control.
Beyond a certain level of tiredness, it is impossible to work productively.
Beyond these remarks, it is revealing that the political discourse on impunity does not directly address its structural causes, but rather addresses the president personally.
Both strands are brought together in looking beyond individual responsibility or culpability to the structural and lifecourse causes of the problems.
Beyond a more complete recounting of the story, we are in a position to do three things.
He moves beyond aesthetic analysis to relate these themes to the broader historical context.
The theoretical debate has moved beyond the subject of interpretation of the past, to the necessity to reflect on archaeology itself.
This sometimes involves ideas related to symbolic value, but the discussion of these is beyond the purview of this paper.
The changes that took place in this period are beyond the scope of this article.
This chapter includes a significant amount of technical information that may be beyond the nonspecialist audience.
