above
IPA: ʌbˈʌv
noun
- Heaven.
- Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
- Higher authority.
- (archaic) betterment, raised status or condition.
adjective
- Of heaven; heavenly.
- (by ellipsis) Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
adverb
- Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
- Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
- Into or from heaven; in the sky.
- In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
- Higher in rank, power, or position.
- (archaic) In addition.
- More in number.
- Above zero; above freezing.
- (biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
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Examples of "above" in Sentences
- The above is the entirety of it.
- It deals with the above conundrum.
- It's above the Tropic of Capricorn
- None of the above is in the article.
- Or is this the same castigation as above
- The outer lip is sinuous, produced forward above.
- The above article is getting caught up in the crossfire.
- On the front of the sarcophagus is the same inscription quoted above.
- Colored lights and stobes lined the front of the wall above the setup.
- He pointed at the name above the tuning pegs, as if to say, “obviously!”
- It entered at the bottom, clambered up and appeared at an opening high above.
- Just below the ice, in cold such as the above, the sea was found to be 29 degrees _above_ zero.
- Except a mineral be born "from above" -- from the Kingdom just _above_ it -- it cannot enter the Kingdom just above it.
- I choose to believe Your Word above my circumstances, above my feelings, and above the voices around me or mistakes from the past.
- In general the mercury will stand either above or below the neutral point; if _above_, a portion of the mercury must have left the cistern, and consequently must have
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- "You will please take notice that the Registrar or Minister is bound legally to send the notice of marriage referred to above, and also, that in reading it out _in the form, and with the accompanying remarks above_, you incur no legal penalty.
- It was a summer night -- she sat on a rude stone, the city on one side, with its lights and lamps; -- the whitened fields beyond, with the moon and the stars above; and _above_ she raised her streaming eyes, and she thought that God, the Protector, smiled upon her from the face of the sweet skies.
- Almost all are eagerly reaching forward to a station in life a little above what they can well afford, or struggling to do a business a little more extensive than they have capital or steady credit for; and thus they keep, all through life, _just above_ their means -- and just above, no matter by how small an excess, is inevitable misery.
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