Beyond vs Enough - What's the difference?
beyond | enough |
Further away than.
On the far side of.
Later than; after.
Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass.
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In addition to.
Past, or out of reach of.
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*:Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. Indeed, a nail filed sharp is not of much avail as an arrowhead; you must have it barbed, and that was a little beyond our skill.
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, title= Farther along or away.
In addition; more.
The unknown.
The hereafter.
Sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.
* Bible, (Gospel of Luke) xv. 17
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, chapter=15 Sufficiently.
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*, chapter=5
, title= Fully; quite; used to express slight augmentation of the positive degree, and sometimes equivalent to very .
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*(William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
*:I know you well enough ; you are Signior Antonio.
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*:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
A sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.
stop! Don't do that anymore, etc.
As adverbs the difference between beyond and enough
is that beyond is farther along or away while enough is sufficiently.As a preposition beyond
is further away than.As a noun beyond
is the unknown.As a determiner enough is
sufficient; all that is required, needed, or appropriate.As a pronoun enough is
a sufficient or adequate number, amount, etc.As an interjection enough is
stop! don't do that anymore, etc.beyond
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)Moldova 0-5 England, passage=England were graphically illustrating the huge gulf in class between the sides and it was no surprise when Lampard added the second just before the half hour. Steven Gerrard found his Liverpool team-mate Glen Johnson and Lampard arrived in the area with perfect timing to glide a header beyond Namasco.}}
See also
* para-Synonyms
* ayond * ayontAntonyms
* before * earlierDerived terms
* beyond a reasonable doubt * beyond compare * beyond doubt * beyond one's ken * beyond question * beyond recognition * beyond the black stump * beyond the paleAdverb
(-)Synonyms
* ayond, ayont (obsolete)Noun
(-)Derived terms
* back of beyond * great beyondStatistics
*enough
English
Alternative forms
* (l) * (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (Scotland)Determiner
(en determiner)- How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare!
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=The preposterous altruism too!
citation, passage=‘No,’ said Luke, grinning at her. ‘You're not dull enough ! […] What about the kid's clothes? I don't suppose they were anything to write home about, but didn't you keep anything? A bootee or a bit of embroidery or anything at all?’}}
Adverb
(head)Mr. Pratt's Patients, passage=Of all the queer collections of humans outside of a crazy asylum, it seemed to me this sanitarium was the cup winner. […] When you're well enough off so's you don't have to fret about anything but your heft or your diseases you begin to get queer, I suppose.}}
Usage notes
* As an adverb, enough always follows the verb it qualifies.Pronoun
(English Pronouns)- I have enough to keep me going .
Interjection
- Enough !
