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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
above
I.adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
Above all else (=more than any other things)
▪ Above all else she was seeking love.
above board
▪ His plans for opening a coffee shop are completely above board.
above expectations (=higher, better, or more successful than expected)
▪ Economic growth last month was above expectations.
above/below deck
▪ Peter stayed below deck.
above/below normal
▪ Car sales are still below normal for the time of year.
above/below the norm
▪ 28% of children tested below the norm.
barely/hardly/scarcely above a whisper (=only a little louder than a whisper)
▪ 'Not me', he said, in a voice barely above a whisper.
be above/beyond suspicion (=be so honest that you are never thought to have done something wrong)
▪ He regarded his friend Henry as being above suspicion.
ideas above her station (=higher than her social rank)
▪ Karen was definitely getting ideas above her station.
see above/below
▪ The results are shown in Table 7a (see below).
well above
▪ The school’s performance was well above average.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
average
▪ Again, both groups are above average in logical thinking, preferring to make decisions based on facts.
▪ An analyst at Merrill Lynch &038; Co. lowered the managed-care provider to hold from above average on an intermediate-term basis.
▪ The figures for black youngsters excluded indefinitely and for a fixed period were also above average.
▪ Pay above average within the industry and geographic area 2.
▪ He was a slight man, a little above average height, but by no means a. prime physical specimen.
▪ Similarly, most middle managers are average or above average in intelligence.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
above/below freezing
▪ Temperatures remained below freezing during the afternoon.
▪ And when the temperature goes much below freezing, the EV1 barely goes at all.
▪ It roots out vines, truffles for lemon trees painfully heated by charcoal to three degrees above freezing.
▪ It should show frost when outside temperatures are below freezing.
▪ Temperatures had, for several days, been near 00F at night, and it was well below freezing now.
▪ Thanks to the warming influence of the Gulf Stream, the climate is also mild, temperatures rarely dropping much below freezing.
▪ The snow may crust at night, due to outward radiation, even thought the air temperature remains well above freezing point.
▪ When she complained to a doctor that it was down below freezing she could not have been nearer the mark.
▪ Yet it was not really cold here; the temperature was well above freezing point.
above/beyond reproach
▪ Vernon's work in the community has been beyond reproach.
▪ But Jones' track record had always been above reproach.
▪ He had a steely streak but his morals and scruples were beyond reproach.
▪ He talked of her as a goddess beyond reproach who was being restrained against her will.
▪ His boxing skills are beyond reproach.
▪ Like Eleanor Roosevelt, Hillary Clinton is a strong individual whose public decorum is usually above reproach.
▪ Noah himself is beyond reproach, it is true.
▪ The Alumni Club typically enjoys a reputation beyond reproach.
▪ The motives were above reproach since a large sum was raised for deserving charities every year.
be a cut above sb/sth
▪ The lasagna at Bella Mia is a cut above other restaurants' versions.
▪ All were a cut above the Polynesian houses.
▪ Apparently this feller was a cut above the average.
▪ Cutting edge: A small Stockton hair salon is proving it is a cut above the rest in competitions.
▪ Morton was a cut above the average nob, that was for sure.
▪ She had quickly realized that he was a cut above the other men at the table.
be above the law
▪ A young man died, and nobody is above the law.
▪ But Democrats applauded, generally taking the pious view that the White House can never be above the law.
▪ County Administrator Wang thought he was above the law.
▪ Judges declare Jockey Club is above the law.
▪ One of the negative reminders of Watergate is that the highest officials of government often are above the law.
▪ The great judge Lord Denning in a historic judgment once said that no one, however mighty, was above the law.
be perched on/above etc sth
▪ By the end of the show, the contestants are perched on piles of pillows of varying heights.
▪ He was perched on top of a huge cage, looking at the visitors.
▪ He went straight into the bedroom, to the wall where the painted Asiatic doll was perched on the sideboard.
▪ It was perched on a small promontory to the east of the town, overlooking the bay.
▪ Rows of large silent birds are perched on the mountain ledges - vultures.
▪ Steph and Joe are perched on their seats, leaning forward, alternately yelling plays and screaming at the officials.
▪ The old medieval part is perched on a hilltop, the modern quarters, below.
▪ Their house was perched on the brink of a canyon.
be/stand head and shoulders above sb
▪ But the surgery has given him confidence to stand head and shoulders above the rest.
▪ Jackson stood head and shoulders above his confreres, and...
▪ The fourth, who stood head and shoulders above them, was older.
▪ Though short, he stands head and shoulders above most.
keep your head above water
▪ Although I've been out of a job for three months, I've managed to keep my head above water.
▪ I'm just a pensioner, trying to keep my head above water.
▪ I work full time, but we're still just keeping our heads above water.
▪ If I get this raise, we'll just about keep our heads above water until next year.
▪ Schools throughout the county are struggling to keep their heads above water.
▪ But that will provide small comfort to poor people struggling now to keep their heads above water.
▪ Coun Bergg, we are happy to report, is alive and well and keeping his head above water.
▪ In reality, Diana was struggling to keep her head above water, let alone undertake a radical management restructuring programme.
▪ It became increasingly difficult to keep his head above water.
▪ Pensioners already fighting to keep their heads above water are being asked to pay extra council tax to fund the refugee crisis.
▪ The wind and waves pushed me along as I struggled to keep my head above water.
▪ We all do, really, and we're keeping our heads above water most beautifully.
over and above
▪ The city has spent $2 million over and above budgeted funds for the new stadium.
▪ A second response has been the setting of separate targets for each field, over and above those for home students.
▪ By 1910 the inhabitants of Britain consumed a million tons of meat over and above home produce.
▪ Each year, industry spends at least £125 million on charitable activities over and above straight forward donations.
▪ In every site I visited, these funds were over and above the schools' routine costs of doing business.
▪ Proposals over and above the levels so indicated constitute new policy proposals.
▪ Rewards are offered to all participants on an equal basis and these rewards are over and above the normal sales compensation.
▪ The unpaid volunteers will not wear uniforms and will not have any special powers over and above those of ordinary citizens.
▪ We deserve to be punished because we considered ourselves over and above the deceased.
punch above your weight
put/stick your head above the parapet
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Big-screen TVs are defined as 27 inches or above.
▪ Christine Liddell, above, talks to Santa.
▪ None of the organizations mentioned above answered our inquiries.
▪ officers of the rank of Major and above
▪ See the rates listed above.
▪ students of above-average ability
▪ The cereal goes in the cabinet above.
II.adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ City offices in the above counties will be closed Wednesday.
▪ The above diagram shows a diesel car engine.
▪ Write to the above address for more information.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Applicants for certificates must notify the Society if any of the above cases apply.
▪ Groscost has answers for all of the above.
▪ On receipt of the above recommendations, a special committee of the National Leprosy Fund was appointed to review the report.
▪ President Clinton does not support any of the above amendments.
▪ The above woman's reference number is 105375.
▪ To gain the award candidates must choose any one of the above sectors and also complete their 3 Business Administration units.
▪ What is clear is that, in the above passage, he is not making the objection against himself.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Above

Above \A*bove"\, prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon; an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under.

  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. ``Thy worth . . . is actions above my gifts.''
    --Marlowe.

    I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun.
    --Acts xxxvi. 1

  3. 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.

Above

Above \A*bove"\, 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. ``That was said above.''
    --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. ``The waters that come down from above.''
    --Josh. iii. 13. [1913 Webster] 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.

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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
above

Old English abufan, earlier onbufan, from on (see on; also see a- (1)) + bufan "over," compound of be "by" (see by) + ufan "over/high," from Proto-Germanic *ufan- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German oban, German oben), from PIE root *upo (see up (adv.)). Meaning "in addition" first corded 1590s.

Wiktionary
above

a. 1 Of heaven; heavenly. (First attested around (1150 to 1350).) 2 Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page. (First attested in the mid 18th century.) adv. Directly overhead; vertically on top of. (First attested prior to 1150.) n. 1 Heaven. (First attested around (1150 to 1350).) 2 Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page. 3 Higher authority. prep. 1 Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, as clothing. (First attested prior to 1150.) 2 In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; — opposed to ''below'' or ''beneath''. (First attested prior to 1150.)

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WordNet
above

adj. appearing earlier in the same text; "flaws in the above interpretation"

above

  1. adv. at an earlier place; "see above" [syn: supra] [ant: below]

  2. in or to a place that is higher [syn: higher up, in a higher place, to a higher place] [ant: below]

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Wikipedia
Above

Above may refer to:

  • Above (artist), Contemporary urban artist
  • Above Church, a village in Staffordshire, England

In music:

  • Above (Mad Season album), a 1995 album by Mad Season
  • Above (Pillar album), a 2000 album by Pillar
  • Above (Samael album), a 2009 album by Samael
Above (Mad Season album)

Above is the only studio album by the American rock band Mad Season, released on March 14, 1995 through Columbia Records. The album has been certified gold by the RIAA in the United States. Layne Staley also did the album artwork on the cover.

Above (Pillar album)

Above is the major label debut album of Christian rock band Pillar, released on September 26, 2000. The song "Open Your Eyes" won a Dove Award in 2001 for Hard Music Song of the Year. Most of the tracks had been previously released on their independent album Original Superman. In 2006, Pillar stopped performing any songs from "Above" during live shows.

Above (Samael album)

Above is the eighth studio album from the heavy metal band Samael, released in March, 2009.

Above (artist)

Above born Tavar Zawacki is a Berlin-based international street artist. Above was born in California in 1981 and has been creating public art since 1995. Above is best known for three different styles of street works, his multi-layer, full color social and political stencils, colorful abstract arrow compositions, and large text-based painted murals. Above's stencil and text-based artworks usually have a strong message or awareness about social, political, or international current events, while his abstract works are a visual language of shape, color, and form. Above began painting graffiti by tagging 'ABOVE' graffiti on freight trains in California in 1995. At the age of 19, Above moved to Paris, France, where he started painting his trademark arrow icon pointing 'above'. During the past 17 years Above has painted artworks in the streets of over 100 cities in 60 different countries around the world.

Above (magazine)

Above magazine started as a biannual publication dedicated to sustainability and environmental protection. Its motto is "For The Earth". The first issue came out in the summer of 2009.

Above has been described as "cutting edge", a magazine using luxury, fashion, art ("eco-art"), photography, architecture, and design to raise awareness of the endangered environment. The magazine is the brainchild of editor-in-chief Nicolas Rachline, grandson of Publicis founder Marcel Bleustein-Blanchet. Rachline told Reuters: "Our goal is to become the destination publication for information and hopefully inspiration, about how to save beauty and preserve the environment on both collective and individual levels."

The Above Brand is now primarily focused on Above Live. Above Live is a content-driven platform dedicated to sustainability and environmental protection. Above Live promotes and creates Take Action campaigns around environmental issues. Above Live is currently under renovation and will increasingly focus on what it calls its 360° approach to environmental issues, mixing a reportage and interview style format with take action campaigns allowing the audience to participate directly and in a concrete way in the global effort toward more sustainability. It is also the company's intention to revive Above Magazine as a print publication as soon as the spring of 2013.

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Usage examples of "above".

If we only consider the mean or average effect in orbits nearly circular, this force may be considered as an ablatitious force at all distances below the mean, counterbalanced by an opposite effect at all distances above the mean.

Church of England or of Rome as the medium of those superior ablutions described above, only that I think the Unitarian Church, like the Lyceum, as yet an open and uncommitted organ, free to admit the ministrations of any inspired man that shall pass by: whilst the other churches are committed and will exclude him.

It was only natural that once everyone had had time to adjust to the tragic void created by his departure, they would turn to that one person who could so ably fill the gap, that one person whose standards of excellence were above reproach, that one person whom they could rely upon to continue the noble traditions of the fair-Irina Stoddard!

The tented arch is formed by the angle made when the curving ridge above the dot abuts upon the ridge immediately under and to the left of the dot.

It cannot be classified as a whorl of the double loop type because the formation above the lower loop is too pointed and it also has an appendage abutting upon it at a right angle.

The rotor wash whipped at Abies as the helicopter turned above, then dipped sharply down behind the tree cover and disappeared.

The latter of those mighty streams, which rises at the distance of only thirty miles from the former, flows above thirteen hundred miles, for the most part to the south-east, collects the tribute of sixty navigable rivers, and is, at length, through six mouths, received into the Euxine, which appears scarcely equal to such an accession of waters.

Above two hundred and fifty years after the death of Trajan, the senate, in pouring out the customary acclamations on the accession of a new emperor, wished that he might surpass the felicity of Augustus, and the virtue of Trajan.

He nodded toward the hills above the Achor Marshes on the shores of the sea of Gerizim.

The hills above the Achor Marshes were riddled with deep limestone caverns, and they had been prepared as an alternate capital many years before, during one of the many factional wars that had marred the history of human relations of Kingdom.

I perceived that those who have confirmed themselves in favor of nature and of human prudence would not make the acknowledgment because the natural light flowing in from below would immediately extinguish the spiritual light flowing in from above.

He therefore resolved immediately to acquaint him with the fact which we have above slightly hinted to the reader.

I think proper here to acquaint them, that before she had quitted the room above stairs, she had so well covered herself with a pillowbeer which she there found, that her regard to decency was not in the least violated by the presence of so many men as were now in the room.

English dishes, he was acquainted with the French system of cooking, and did fricandeaus, cutlets, ragouts, and above all, the excellent French soup, which is one of the principal glories of France.

God, sex, money, acquiring a ranch and, above all, how to handle women were explained to him by the night riders.