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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Above \A*bove"\, prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon;
an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under.
[root]199. See Over.]
1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper
surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
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Fowl that may fly above the earth. --Gen. i. 20.
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2. 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. ``Thy worth . . . is actions above my
gifts.'' --Marlowe.
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I saw in the way a light from heaven above the
brightness of the sun. --Acts xxxvi.
13.
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3. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a
hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above,
adv., 4.)
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above all, before every other consideration; chiefly; in
preference to other things.
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Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Above \A*bove"\, prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon;
an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under.
[root]199. See Over.]
1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper
surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
Fowl that may fly above the earth. --Gen. i. 20.
2. 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. ``Thy worth . . . is actions above my
gifts.'' --Marlowe.
I saw in the way a light from heaven above the
brightness of the sun. --Acts xxxvi.
13.
3. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a
hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above,
adv., 4.)
above all, before every other consideration; chiefly; in
preference to other things.
Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
above all
adv 1: above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you
must be independent" [syn: most importantly, most
especially]
2: taking everything together; "she was first and last a
scientist" [syn: first and last]
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
above all
prep.phr.
Of prime importance; before anything else; especially.
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
above all
prep.phr.
Of prime importance; before anything else; especially.
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
above all
prep.phr.
Of prime importance; before anything else; especially.
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
above all
prep.phr.
Of prime importance; before anything else; especially.
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
above all
Englanti adv.
ennen kaikkea
From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
пре́ди вси́чко
of prime importance
From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
především
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
vor allem, über alles, über allem
see: all, all about, for all, after all, for all, towards all, among all, amongst all, of all, you all
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
vor allem
Note: v. a.
From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
πάνω απ'όλα
From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
ennen kaikkea, ylipäätänsä
of prime importance
From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 : [ freedict:eng-fra ]
above all /əbouvl/
1. surtout, tout d'abord
2. principalement
From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
glavno, nadasve, više svega
From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 : [ freedict:eng-hun ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
1. mindenek felett
2. legfôképp
3. mindenekelôtt
4. mindezeken túl
From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
何よりも
of prime importance
From English-Latin FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 : [ freedict:eng-lat ]
above all /əbouvl/
potissimum
From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 : [ freedict:eng-lit ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
daugiausia, svarbiausia, pirmiausia, ypač
From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-por ]
above all /əbouvl/
em especial, principalmente, sobretudo
From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]
above all /əbˌʌv ˈɔːl/
framförallt, främst
of prime importance
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "above all":
a fortiori, all the more, chiefly, dominantly, especially, even,
ever so, first of all, in chief, in the main, indeed, mainly,
more than ever, mostly, never so, no end, particularly, peculiarly,
predominantly, primarily, principally, still more, yea
From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
首先；首要
From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
尤其,特别,最重要的是,首要的是;毕竟,终究,到底;要知道!
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