Beyond, prep.
Etymology: [OE. biyonde, bi, 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.
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Beyond, adv.
Further away; at a distance; yonder. Lo, where beyond he lyeth languishing. Spenser.
Shades of meaning
Fernald lists beyond only as an antonym, under amid.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.