above

Meanings

1. 1
   prep

   in or to a higher place than something

   A lamp hung above the table.

2. 2
   prep

   higher than a particular level, amount, or number

   Temperatures rose above thirty degrees.

3. 3
   prep

   higher in rank, position, or importance than someone

   A captain is above a sergeant in the army.

4. 4
   adv

   earlier in the same piece of writing

   See the example given above.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ud-s-? Proto-Indo-European *h₂u-s-? Proto-Germanic *uz- Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- Old English ar- Old English ā- Proto-West Germanic *bi- Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Germanic *ub Proto-Germanic *-anē Proto-Germanic *ubanē Proto-West Germanic *obanā Proto-West Germanic *biobanā Old English bufan Old English abūfan Middle English aboven English above From Middle English above, aboven, abuven, from Old English ābufan, onbufan, from on (“on”) + bufan (“over”), (akin to Icelandic ofan (“from above”), Middle Dutch bōven, Old Frisian bova, Middle High German bobe…

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