Usually means: Positioned at a higher level.
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  1. above, the above: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. above: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. above: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. above, the above: Collins English Dictionary
  5. above: Vocabulary.com
  6. Above, above: Wordnik
  7. above, above, the above: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. above: Wiktionary
  9. above: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. above: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. above: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Above, above: Dictionary.com
  13. above: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. above: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Above (Mad Season album), Above (Samael album), Above (artist), Above (magazine), Above: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Above: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. above: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. above: Rhymezone
  19. above: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. above: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. above: Free Dictionary
  22. above: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. above: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. above: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. above: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. above: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  2. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. above: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. above: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. ABOVE: Acronym Finder
  2. above: Idioms

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Botanical Terms (No longer online)

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. above: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. above: Urban Dictionary

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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
adverb:  Higher in the same page; earlier in the order as far as writing products go.
adverb:  Into or from heaven; in the sky.
adverb:  In a higher place; upstairs; farther upstream.
adverb:  Higher in rank, power, or position.
adverb:  (archaic) In addition.
adverb:  More in number.
adverb:  Above zero; above freezing.
adverb:  (biology) On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
adjective:  Of heaven; heavenly.
adjective:  (by ellipsis) Being located higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
noun:  Heaven.
noun:  Something, especially a person's name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
noun:  Higher authority.
noun:  (archaic) betterment, raised status or condition.

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