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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Above has 1 sense
- above(n = noun.communication) - an earlier section of a written text; "for instructions refer to the above" is a kind of section, subdivision
Adjective Above has 1 sense
Adverbial Above has 2 senses
- above(r = adv.all) supra - at an earlier place; "see above" Antonym: below
- above(r = adv.all) higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place - in or to a place that is higher; Antonym: below
CIDE DICTIONARY
Above, prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon; an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under. √199. See Over.].
- In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to
below orbeneath . [1913 Webster]"Fowl that may fly above the earth." [1913 Webster] - 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. Marlowe. [1913 Webster]"I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun." [1913 Webster]
- Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above,
adv. , 4.) [1913 Webster]
Above, adv.
- In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above. [1913 Webster]
- Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above. [1913 Webster]
- More than; as, above five hundred were present. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Above, prep., adv., adj., & n.
--prep.
1 over; on the top of; higher (vertically, up a slope or stream etc.) than; over the surface of (head above water; above the din).
2 more than (above twenty people; above average).
3 higher in rank, position, importance, etc., than (above all).
4 a too great or good for (above one's station; is not above cheating at cards). b beyond the reach of; not affected by (above my understanding; above suspicion).
5 archaic to an earlier time than (not traced above the third century).
--adv.
1 at or to a higher point; overhead (the floor above; the clouds above).
2 a upstairs (lives above). b upstream.
3 (of a text reference) further back on a page or in a book (as noted above).
4 on the upper side (looks similar above and below).
5 in addition (over and above).
6 rhet. in heaven (Lord above!).
--adj. mentioned earlier; preceding (the above argument).
--n. (prec. by the) what is mentioned above (the above shows).
--prep.
1 over; on the top of; higher (vertically, up a slope or stream etc.) than; over the surface of (head above water; above the din).
2 more than (above twenty people; above average).
3 higher in rank, position, importance, etc., than (above all).
4 a too great or good for (above one's station; is not above cheating at cards). b beyond the reach of; not affected by (above my understanding; above suspicion).
5 archaic to an earlier time than (not traced above the third century).
--adv.
1 at or to a higher point; overhead (the floor above; the clouds above).
2 a upstairs (lives above). b upstream.
3 (of a text reference) further back on a page or in a book (as noted above).
4 on the upper side (looks similar above and below).
5 in addition (over and above).
6 rhet. in heaven (Lord above!).
--adj. mentioned earlier; preceding (the above argument).
--n. (prec. by the) what is mentioned above (the above shows).
Idiom
above-board adj. & adv. without concealment; fair or fairly; open or openly. above ground alive. above one's head see HEAD. above oneself conceited, arrogant.
Etymology
A(2) + OE bufan f. be = BY + ufan above