beyond vs next

beyond

noun
  • The hereafter. 

  • Something that is far beyond. 

  • The unknown. 

prep
  • Later than; after. 

  • Further away than. 

  • Greater than; so as to exceed or surpass. 

  • In addition to; supplementing. 

  • Past, or out of reach of. 

  • On the far side of. 

  • Not within the comprehension of. 

adv
  • Farther along or away. 

  • In addition; more. 

  • extremely, more than 

next

noun
  • The one that follows after this one. 

adj
  • Nearest in order, succession, or rank; immediately following (or sometimes preceding) in order. 

  • Nearest in place or position, having nothing similar intervening; adjoining. 

  • Nearest in relationship. (See also next of kin.) 

adv
  • In a time, place, rank or sequence closest or following. 

  • On the first subsequent occasion. 

  • So as to follow in time or sequence something previously mentioned. 

det
  • Closest in the future, or closest but one if the closest is very soon; of days, sometimes thought to specifically refer to the instance closest to seven days (one week) in the future. 

  • Denotes the one immediately following the current or most recent one. 

How often have the words beyond and next occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )