Above ground

/əˈbʌvˌɡɹaʊnd/ prep_phrase

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Definitions

Prep_phrase
  1. 1
    On or above the surface of the ground.

    ""This place Rome? It is but the tomb of mighty Rome." He showed Gerard . . . the gigantic vestiges of antiquity that peeped aboveground here and there."

  2. 2
    Not dead and buried; alive. figuratively

    "Alice: I told you, he don't have no wife, not aboveground, anyhow."

  3. 3
    Not of or relating to the social or political underground; in the open; existing within or produced by the establishment.

    "More disturbing was that zines and underground culture didn't seem to be any sort of threat to this aboveground world."

Synonyms

All synonyms
alive

Example

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""This place Rome? It is but the tomb of mighty Rome." He showed Gerard . . . the gigantic vestiges of antiquity that peeped aboveground here and there."

Etymology

From above + ground.

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