Meaning of above | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
   not-comparable
2. above, over
3. Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
   not-comparable
4. up; uphill; upstream; upstairs
5. Into or from heaven; in the sky.
   not-comparable
6. come on!
7. In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
   not-comparable
8. hurray for (someone)!
9. up with
10. Higher in rank, power, or position.
    not-comparable
11. In addition.
    archaic, not-comparable
12. More in number.
    not-comparable
13. Above zero; above freezing.
    not-comparable
14. On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
    not-comparable

Equivalents

Examples

“Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.”

“Nobody has lived in it since the summer of 1879, and it is fast going to pieces. For some three years before the date mentioned above, it was occupied by the family of Charles May”

“That angels are men in the most complete form, and enjoy every sense, may be seen above (n. 73-77); and that the light in heaven is far brighter than the light in the world (n. 126-132).”

“He’s in a better place now, floating free as the clouds above.”

“He appealed to the court above.”

“It was a cold day at only 5 above.”

“The sparrow I saw was rufous above and off-white below.”

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