above

1. above (prep) — sense 1

Definition: Physically over; on top of; worn on top of, said of clothing.

Example: He always put his coat on above his sweater.

2. above (prep) — sense 2

Definition: In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface.

Example: And God said, Let the waters bring foorth aboundantly the mouing creature that hath life, and foule that may flie aboue the earth in the open firmament of heauen.

3. above (prep) — sense 3

Definition: Farther north than.

Example: Idaho is above Utah.

4. above (adv) — sense 4

Definition: Directly overhead; vertically on top of.

Example: Of all the transitions brought about on the Earth’s surface by temperature change, the melting of ice into water is the starkest. It is binary. And for the land beneath, the air above and the life around, it changes everything.

5. above (adv) — sense 5

Definition: Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.

Example: Nobody has lived in it since the summer of 1879, and it is fast going to pieces. For some three years before the date mentioned above, it was occupied by the family of Charles May

6. above (adv) — sense 6

Definition: Into or from heaven; in the sky.

Example: He’s in a better place now, floating free as the clouds above.

7. above (adj) — sense 7

Definition: Of heaven; heavenly.

8. above (adj) — sense 8

Definition: Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.

9. above (noun) — sense 9

Definition: Heaven.

Example: A brother from another mother, sent from the above.

10. above (noun) — sense 10

Definition: Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.

11. above (noun) — sense 11

Definition: Higher authority.