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Entry 7 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Above

/ə-bŭvʹ/ · A·bove · IPA /əˈbʌv/
01 prep. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
  1. 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. 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.
    “I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun.” — Acts xxxvi. 13.
  3. 3.
    Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.) See: Above
Phrases & compounds
above all — before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things.
Over and above — besides; in addition to.
02 adv. In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
  1. 1.
    In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
  2. 2.
    Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
  3. 3.
    Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.
  4. 4.
    More than; as, above five hundred were present.