above
pronunciation
How to pronounce above in British English:
UK [əˈbʌv]
How to pronounce above in American English:
US [əˈbʌv]
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- Adjective:
- appearing earlier in the same text
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- Adverb:
- at an earlier place
- in or to a place that is higher
Word Origin
- above
- above: [OE] As in the case of about, the a- in above represents on and the -b- element represents by; above (Old English abufan) is a compound based on Old English ufan. This meant both ‘on top’ and ‘down from above’; it is related to over, and is probably descended from a hypothetical West Germanic ancestor *ufana, whose uf- element eventually became modern English up. So in a sense, above means ‘on by up’ or ‘on by over’.=> by, on, up
- above (adv.)
- 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.
Antonym
Example
- 1. A reading above 50 indicates an expansion .
- 2. Often the warlords operate above the law .
- 3. Trial results were sent to the control center above .
- 4. The academic depictions above are definitely shapes .
- 5. But the unemployment rate stayed above nine percent .