ABOVE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does above mean? 

• ABOVE (noun)
  The noun ABOVE has 1 sense:

1. an earlier section of a written text

  Familiarity information: ABOVE used as a noun is very rare.

• ABOVE (adjective)
  The adjective ABOVE has 1 sense:

1. appearing earlier in the same text

  Familiarity information: ABOVE used as an adjective is very rare.

• ABOVE (adverb)
  The adverb ABOVE has 2 senses:

1. (in writing) at an earlier place

2. in or to a place that is higher

  Familiarity information: ABOVE used as an adverb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ABOVE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An earlier section of a written text

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Context example:

for instructions refer to the above

Hypernyms ("above" is a kind of...):

section; subdivision (a self-contained part of a larger composition (written or musical))

• ABOVE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Appearing earlier in the same text

Context example:

flaws in the above interpretation

Similar:

preceding (existing or coming before)

• ABOVE (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(in writing) at an earlier place

Synonyms:

above; supra

Context example:

see above

Antonym:

below ((in writing) at a later place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

In or to a place that is higher

Synonyms:

above; higher up; in a higher place; to a higher place

Antonym:

below (in or to a place that is lower)

 Context examples 

"I'm not above hack-work," Martin contended.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

But my little nurse ran to my relief, and took me out, after I had swallowed above a quart of cream.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

The girl must have waited above.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Hansel reached up above, and broke off a little of the roof to try how it tasted, and Gretel leant against the window and nibbled at the panes.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

All they could see was a mass of towers and steeples behind the green walls, and high up above everything the spires and dome of the Palace of Oz.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

During June, the average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.58°F (0.88°C) above the 20th century average.

(June 2015 was warmest June on record for the globe, NOAA)

During January–March, the average temperature across global land and ocean surfaces was 1.48°F (0.82°C) above the 20th century average.

(March 2015 and first quarter of year warmest on record, NOAA)

A new Moon occurs when all of the Sun’s light is reflected away from Earth, and the side of the Moon facing Earth is barely visible, as illustrated in the above figures.

(Earthshine, NASA)

If you didn’t receive news about any of the topics (listed above) covered by your expansive ninth house (Capricorn) in late December, you will likely hear soon.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

From comparing notes afterwards it was but an hour and a quarter, yet it appeared to me that the night must have almost gone, and the dawn be breaking above us.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)