Also spelled aboon and bove
Meanings
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1
prep
in or to a higher place than something
A lamp hung above the table.
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2
prep
higher than a particular level, amount, or number
Temperatures rose above thirty degrees.
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3
prep
higher in rank, position, or importance than someone
A captain is above a sergeant in the army.
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4
adv
earlier in the same piece of writing
See the example given above.
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Etymology
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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