Beyond and Optional

Beyond

Beyond adverb - Farther along in space or time or degree.

Optional and beyond are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Optional" instead an adjective "Beyond".

Optional

Optional adjective - Subject to one's freedom of choice.

Beyond and optional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Beyond" instead an adjective "Optional".

Nearby Words: option, optionally

Both words in one sentence

  • Video Game / The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings aka: The Witcher 2 Geralt only equips a steel sword and a silver sword, but has several pockets for bombs and traps (likely due to complaints that the optional weapons were completely useless beyond torches for light).
  • Sidequest Most Command & Conquer games features optional objectives in missions, but Tiberian Sun went one step beyond and featured optional missions, unnecessary to progress further in the campaign but granting some sort of advantage in the associated main mission.
    Source: Sidequest
  • Video Game / Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando However, beyond two optional (and notoriously long-winded) sidequests and a ton of enemies to fight, there's not much else to do in them.
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