Above
//əˈbʌv//
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The word "above" can be used as preposition, adverb, noun, adverb, adjective and adjective.
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Above Derwent Caesar's wife must be above suspicion a notch above above a bit above all above and beyond above average above board above grass above ground above measure above one's bend above one's huckleberry above one's pay grade above one's paygrade above one's station above oneself above par above proof above stairs above the curve above the fold above the fray above the law above the line above the rim above the salt above the table above water above-board above-cited above-described above-given above-ground above-line above-mentioned above-named above-quoted above-said above-specified above-stairs above-the-fold above-water above-written abovedeck abovedescribed aboveground abovelisted abovementioned aboveness abovesigned abovestairs abovestated brood above cut above don't get above your raising get above oneself gift from above heavens above height above average terrain hell from above hereabove hereinabove hit above one's weight hold one's head above water hook above huckleberry above a persimmon huckleberry above one's persimmon keep one's head above the water keep one's head above water lie above over and above punch above punch above one's weight put one's head above the parapet rise above thereabove thereinabove up above whereabove
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