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–adjective

1.	being in that place or over there; being that or those over there: That road yonder is the one to take.

2.	being the more distant or farther: yonder side.

–adverb

3.	at, in, or to that place specified or more or less distant; over there.

[Origin: 1250–1300; ME yonder, yender, equiv. to yond + -er as in hither, thither, etc.; akin to D ginder, Goth jaindre

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yon·der Audio Help   (yŏn'dər) Pronunciation Key
adv.   In or at that indicated place: the house over yonder.

adj.   Being at an indicated distance, usually within sight: "Yonder hills," he said, pointing.

pron.   One that is at an indicated place, usually within sight.

[Middle English, from yond, yond; see yond.]

The adverb yonder, from Old English geond, is not exclusively Southern but is more frequently used there than in any other region of the United States, and not only by older or uneducated speakers. Yonder is not merely a Southern synonym for there, which in the South tends to mean "only a few feet from the speaker." Yonder carries with it an inherent sense of distance farther than "there" and is used if the person or thing indicated can be seen: the shed over yonder. Or it might be nearby but completely out of sight, as in the next room.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
yonder

c.1300, from O.E. geond (see yond) + comp. suffix -er. Now replaced except in poetic usage by ungrammatical that.

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yonder
adjective
1.	distant but within sight ('yon' is dialectal); "yonder valley"; "the hills yonder"; "what is yon place?"
adverb
1.	at or in an indicated (usually distant) place ('yon' is archaic and dialectal); "the house yonder"; "scattered here and yon"- Calder Willingham

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Yonder

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.

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Yonder

Yon\ (y[o^]n), a. [OE. yon, [yogh]on, AS. geon; akin to G. jener, OHG. jen[=e]r, Icel. enn, inn; cf. Goth. jains. [root]188. Cf. Beyond, Yond, Yonder.] At a distance, but within view; yonder. [Poetic]

Read thy lot in yon celestial sign. --Milton.

Though fast yon shower be fleeting. --Keble.

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