{
    "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)."
}