Definition of Above

Above In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. 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. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.) In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above. Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page. Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above. More than; as, above five hundred were present. Related Definitions: Above, Adverbial, Any, Appealed, As, Below, Beneath, Beyond, Comprehension, Conduct, Court, Degree, Five, Foregoing, From, He, Heaven, Hence, Hundred, In, Into, Mean, Measure, More, Number, On, Opposed, Or, Order, Over, Overhead, Page, Passing, Place, Power, Present, Quantity, Rank, Reproach, Respect, Same, See, Sense, Superior, Surface, Surpassing, Than, The, To, Upper, Were

Above Quotations There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it. Buddha An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity. Martin Luther King, Jr. In order to be an immaculate member of a flock of sheep, one must above all be a sheep oneself. Albert Einstein Above all, we must realize that no arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women. It is a weapon our adversaries in today's world do not have. Ronald Reagan This above all; to thine own self be true. William Shakespeare It is the stars, The stars above us, govern our conditions. William Shakespeare Exceeds man's might: that dwells with the gods above. William Shakespeare When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn. Mark Twain No man is above the law and no man is below it: nor do we ask any man's permission when we ask him to obey it. Theodore Roosevelt Piety requires us to honor truth above our friends. Aristotle

Above Translations above in Afrikaans is oor, bogenoemd, bo, hierbo above in Danish is opad, oven above in Dutch is benoorden, ten noorden van above in Latin is supra, super, superne, supernus above in Portuguese is sobre, acima above in Spanish is arriba, arribapor