Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)Of heaven; heavenly.

  2. (not comparable)Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.

More definitions
  • appearing earlier in the same text

Examples

863 sentences

  1. Don't go above the speed limit.

    Не перевищуй швидкість. — triantafillou

    ruНе превышай скорость. — al_ex_an_der

    deNicht die Höchstgeschwindigkeit überschreiten! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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  2. I saw the moon above the roof.

    Я побачив місяць понад дахом. — shanghainese

    ruЯ увидела луну над крышей. — shanghainese

    deIch habe den Mond über dem Dach gesehen. — MUIRIEL

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  3. Tom lives in the room above us.

    Том живе у кімнаті над нами. — deniko

    ruТом живёт в комнате над нами. — shanghainese

    deTom lebt im Zimmer über uns. — a_coder

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  4. The temperature is above average this winter.

    Температура цієї зими вища середньої. — marko

    ruТемпература этой зимой выше средней. — Wezel

    deDie Temperatur liegt diesen Winter über dem Durchschnitt. — al_ex_an_der

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  5. Tom lives above me.

    Том мешкає наді мною. — DemonicSatori

    ruТом живёт надо мной. — odexed

    deTom wohnt über mir. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

2 languages

Origin

From Middle English above, aboven, abuven, from Old English ābufan, onbufan, from on (“on”

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 bobene) from bī (“by”) + ufan (“over”); also cognate with Danish oven, Dutch boven, German oben, Swedish ovan, Old Saxon oƀan, Old High German obana.

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Collocations

12 patterns
  • above the law
  • the apartment above
  • above average
  • above the fireplace
  • flying above the
  • apartment above
  • is above average
  • hanging above
  • flying above
  • lives above
  • is above the
  • above all

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
aboutA1abracadabraabradeabram

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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