1. [adv]  in addition; "agreed to provide essentials but nothing beyond"
2. [adv]  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"
3. [adv]  on the farther side from the observer; "a pond with a hayfield beyond"

1. \Be*yond"\, prep. [OE. biyonde, bi[yogh]eonde, AS.
   begeondan, prep. and adv.; 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.
   

2. \Be*yond"\, adv.
   Further away; at a distance; yonder.
         Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing.   --Spenser.
   

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).