Above
[ə'bʌv]
Definition
(noun.) an earlier section of a written text; 'for instructions refer to the above'.
(adj.) appearing earlier in the same text; 'flaws in the above interpretation' .
(adv.) at an earlier place; 'see above'.
(adv.) in or to a place that is higher.
Editor: Nell--From WordNet
Definition
(prep.) In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
(prep.) 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.
(prep.) Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
(adv.) In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
(adv.) Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
(adv.) Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
(adv.) More than; as, above five hundred were present.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
prep. [1]. Higher than.[2]. Over, exceeding, more than, greater than.[3]. Beyond, superior to.[4]. Too high for, too proud for.
ad. [1]. Overhead, aloft, on high, in a high place.[2]. Before, in a former part.[3]. Of a higher rank or order.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Over, beyond, exceeding
ANT:Below, within, beneath
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Definition
prep. on the upside: higher than: more than.—adv. overhead: in a higher position order or power.—adjs. Above′-board open honourable; Above′-ground alive: not buried.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To see anything hanging above you, and about to fall, implies danger; if it falls upon you it may be ruin or sudden disappointment. If it falls near, but misses you, it is a sign that you will have a narrow escape from loss of money, or other misfortunes may follow. Should it be securely fixed above you, so as not to imply danger, your condition will improve after threatened loss.
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Examples
- Seest thou, Isaac, said Front-de-Boeuf, the range of iron bars above the glowing charcoal? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- WINKLE [The above is a manly and handsome acknowledgment of past misdemeanors. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- There is no coffin in that tomb; and may it be many, many years, before another name is placed above it! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- My next words, as true as the good God is above us, will put my life into your hands. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The gold-headed cane is farcical considered as an acknowledgment to me; but happily I am above mercenary considerations. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- It had a pale ruddy sea-bottom, with black crabs and sea-weed moving sinuously under a transparent sea, that passed into flamy ruddiness above. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- The ceiling was only a foot or two above my head, and with my hand upraised I could feel its hard, rough surface. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Three yellow squares of light shone above us in the gathering gloom. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It seemed almost axiomatic that for true knowledge we must have recourse to concepts coming from a reason above experience. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- This, rising above the water, and provided with reflecting lenses, enabled the steersman to discover the surface conditions and see any near vessel or other object. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Now the two great fleets closed in a titanic struggle far above the fiendish din of battle in the gorgeous gardens of the therns. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- It was as if from some aerial belfry, high up above the stir and jar of the earth, there was a bell continually tolling, 'All are shadows! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Look at those big, isolated clumps of building rising up above the slates, like brick islands in a lead-colored sea. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- There's where the ball-room's to be, with a gallery connecting it: billiard-room and so on above. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Not wanting to go through the yard, because of the dogs, she turned off along the hill-side to descend on the pond from above. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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