Definition of Above

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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.

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Above Quotations

There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it.
Buddha

In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself.
Albert Einstein

Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have.
Ronald Reagan

When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.
Mark Twain

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.

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

I installed a skylight in my apartment... the people who live above me are furious!
Steven Wright

This above all; to thine own self be true.
William Shakespeare

It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions.
William Shakespeare

Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above.
William Shakespeare

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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