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Above   /əbˈəv/   Listen
preposition
Above  prep.  
1.
In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; opposed to below or beneath. "Fowl that may fly above the earth."
2.
Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach. "Thy worth... is actions above my gifts." "I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun."
3.
Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
above all, before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things.
Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.


adverb
Above  adv.  
1.
In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
2.
Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. "That was said above."
3.
Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
4.
More than; as, above five hundred were present. Note: Above is often used elliptically as an adjective by omitting the word mentioned, quoted, or the like; as, the above observations, the above reference, the above articles. Above is also used substantively. "The waters that come down from above." It is also used as the first part of a compound in the sense of before, previously; as, above-cited, above-described, above-mentioned, above-named, abovesaid, abovespecified, above-written, above-given.





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"Above" Quotes from Famous Books



... plates! what silence of the human voice! what gravity! what fury in the libidinous eyes with which they contemplate the dishes! Positively it was an indecent spectacle to see Dr. Johnson at dinner. But, above all, what maniacal haste and hurry, as if the fiend were waiting with red-hot pincers to lay hold ...
— Miscellaneous Essays • Thomas de Quincey
... seen. The primaeval astronomer knows that there is no bright star at this place in the heavens. If the object of his attention be not a star, what, then, can it be? Eager to examine this question, the heavens are watched next night, and there again, higher above the horizon, and more brilliant still, is the object seen the night before. Each successive night the body gains more and more lustre, until at length it becomes a conspicuous gem. Perhaps it will ...
— The Story of the Heavens • Robert Stawell Ball
... 262/20. The side-note is doubtless wrong; the getting it out of the way applies to the snetyng of the line above. ...
— Early English Meals and Manners • Various
... were deep in their task. The little wagon was piled high with evergreens. Suddenly Mollie started. She thought she heard a voice calling from somewhere above their heads. "Hi, ...
— The Automobile Girls in the Berkshires - The Ghost of Lost Man's Trail • Laura Dent Crane
... left out of consideration. The gods are even less than Buddhas. Humanity is glorified and the stress of all teaching is upon this life. In a word: a sinless life, attainable by man, through his own exertions in this world, above all the powers or beings of the universe, is the essence of original Buddhism. Original Nirvana meant death which ends all, extinction ...
— The Religions of Japan - From the Dawn of History to the Era of Meiji • William Elliot Griffis


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