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beyond belief

beyond belief prepositional phrase: to an extreme or unbelievable degree.

Prepositional phrase

  1. To an extreme or unbelievable degree.
    • Their trunks were gnarled beyond belief, like those in fairybooks. They were covered with the cuneiform of woodpeckers and yellowhammers.1951, Robert Peter Tristram Coffin, On the green carpet
    • He was worn out, dirty beyond belief, and home.1960 July 11, Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J[oshua] B[allinger] Lippincott Company, →OCLC

Questions about beyond belief

What does beyond belief mean?
Beyond belief means to an extreme or unbelievable degree.
What part of speech is beyond belief?
Beyond belief is a prepositional phrase.

Words near beyond belief in the dictionary

  1. beyond a joke
  2. beyond a reason of a doubt
  3. beyond a reasonable doubt
  4. beyond a shadow of a doubt
  5. beyond a shadow of doubt
  6. beyond belief
  7. beyond compare
  8. beyond comparison
  9. beyond dispute
  10. beyond measure
  11. beyond one's depth

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