above
以上,以上是,上述,以上为
Related Words
Definitions
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- : in, at, or to a higher place.
- : overhead, upstairs, or in the sky: My brother lives in the apartment above. A flock of birds circled above.
- : higher in rank, authority, or power: She was told to speak to the person above.
- : higher in quantity or number: books with 100 pages and above.
- : before or earlier, especially in a book or other piece of writing; foregoing: the remark quoted above.Compare below.
- : in or to heaven: gone to her eternal rest above.
- : Zoology. on the upper or dorsal side.
- : Theater. upstage.Compare below.
- : higher than zero on the temperature scale: The temperature dropped to ten above this morning.
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- : in or to a higher place than; over: to fly above the clouds; the floor above ours.
- : more in quantity or number than; in excess of: all girls above 12 years of age; The weight is above a ton.
- : superior in rank, authority, or standing to: A captain is above a lieutenant.
- : not subject or liable to; not capable of: above suspicion; to be above bad behavior.
- : of too fine a character for: He is above such trickery.
- : rather than; in preference to: to favor one child above the other.
- : beyond, especially north of: six miles above Baltimore.
- : Theater. upstage of.
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- : said, mentioned, or written above; foregoing: the above explanation.
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- : something that was said, mentioned, or written above: to refer to the above.
- : the person or persons previously indicated: The above will all stand trial.
- : heaven: truly a gift from above.
- : a higher authority: an order from above.
Phrases
- above all
- above and beyond
- above suspicion
- above the law
- all (none) of the above
- cut above
- head and shoulders above
- over and above
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
Hovering above the scene, commandos in helicopters were poised with automatic rifles.
Even the hot Jewish women I mentioned above did something a bit more “intellectual” than pageantry: acting.
Are you excited, nervous, afraid, all of the above for the new Star Wars films?
I fall back into a dream and then suddenly there is a tapping on the window just above my bed.
He was born in an apartment above the grocery store owned by his immigrant parents in South Jamaica, Queens.
It contains above eighty thousand houses, and about six hundred thousand inhabitants.
He didn't need to wait—as the birds did—until an angleworm stuck his head above ground.
It is then we make him our friend, which sets us above the envy and contempt of wicked men.
We had now approached closely to the foot of the mountain-ranges, and their lofty summits were high above us in mid-air.
Above all, he was amazed to hear me talk of a mercenary standing army in the midst of peace and among a free people.