above
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Above means higher than or overhead. On the fourth of July, many Americans like to sit on the ground and watch fireworks above them in the sky.
The adverb above is good for describing something that happens over your head or something that's up beyond something else. The full moon shines up above you in the night sky, and when your little brother scampers up the monkey bars, he is also above you. The root of above is the Old English word abufan, which combines a, "on," and bufan, or "over."
Definitions of above
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in or to a place that is higher
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synonyms:
higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place
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Antonyms:
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at a lower place, below, beneath, to a lower place
in or to a place that is lower
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at a lower place, below, beneath, to a lower place
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at an earlier place
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appearing earlier in the same text“flaws in the above interpretation”
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Synonyms:
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preceding
existing or coming before
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preceding
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an earlier section of a written text“for instructions refer to the above”
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type of:
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section, subdivision
a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical)
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section, subdivision
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