Above : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Above	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for Above
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
above adv at an earlier place; "see above" Synonym(s): above, supra Antonym(s): below in or to a place that is higher Synonym(s): above, higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place Antonym(s): at a lower place, below, beneath, to a lower place adj appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation" n an earlier section of a written text; "for instructions refer to the above"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Above \Above"\, prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon; an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under. [fb]199. See {Over}.] 1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to {below} or {beneath}. Fowl that may fly above* the earth. --Gen. i. 20. 2. 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. [bd]Thy worth . . . is actions above my gifts.[b8] --Marlowe. I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. --Acts xxxvi. 13. 3. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See {Above}, adv., 4.) {above all}, before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things. {Over and above}, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Above \Above"\, adv. 1. In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above. 2. Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. [bd]That was said above.[b8] --Dryden. 3. Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above. 4. More than; as, above* five hundred were present. Note: Above is often used elliptically as an adjective by omitting the word mentioned, quoted, or the like; as, the above observations, the above reference, the above articles. -- Above is also used substantively. [bd]The waters that come down from above.[b8] --Josh. iii. 13. It is also used as the first part of a compound in the sense of before, previously; as, above-cited, above-described, above-mentioned, above-named, abovesaid, abovespecified, above-written, above-given.