ABOVE
\əbˈʌv], \əbˈʌv], \ə_b_ˈʌ_v]\
Definitions of ABOVE
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
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Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
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Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
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More than; as, above five hundred were present.
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In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; - opposed to below or beneath.
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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.
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In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
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Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
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Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
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More than; as, above five hundred were present.
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In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; - opposed to below or beneath.
By Noah Webster.
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In a higher place; overhead; in heaven; before, especially in a book or writing; as, from what has been said above.
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Superior to; as, to be above doing a mean thing; beyond; in excess of; as, happiness above measure.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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