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Definition of Above

Above In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. 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. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.) In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above. Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above. More than; as, above five hundred were present. Related Definitions: Above, Adverbial, Any, Appealed, As, Below, Beneath, Beyond, Comprehension, Conduct, Court, Degree, Five, Foregoing, From, He, Heaven, Hence, Hundred, In, Into, Mean, Measure, More, Number, On, Opposed, Or, Order, Over, Overhead, Page, Passing, Place, Power, Present, Quantity, Rank, Reproach, Respect, Same, See, Sense, Superior, Surface, Surpassing, Than, The, To, Upper, Were

Above Quotations I was up above it. Now, I'm down in it. Trent Reznor What people want, above all, is order. Stephen Gardiner No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Theodore Roosevelt A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. Dwight D. Eisenhower An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Above Translations above in Afrikaans is oor, bogenoemd, bo, hierbo above in Danish is opad, oven above in Dutch is benoorden, ten noorden van above in Latin is supra, super, superne, supernus above in Portuguese is sobre, acima above in Spanish is arriba, arribapor

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