above

above
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
adv. aloft, overhead, up; earlier, before. See height. —prep. over, beyond; surpassing; more than, exceeding.
II
(Roget's IV) modif. & prep.
1. [High in position]
Syn. over, high, higher, superior, beyond, up, high up, on high, raised, above one's head, in a higher place, aloft, into the firmament, overhead, in the celestial heights, toward the sky, in the heavens.
Ant. below*, beneath, low.
2. [Referring to something earlier]
Syn. before, foregoing, earlier; see preceding .
3. [Higher]
Syn. larger than, more advanced than, greater than; see higher , superior .
4. [Directly over]
Syn. just over, overhead, up from; see over 1 .
n.
Syn. firmament, sky, heights; see heaven 1 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) adv.
1. overhead up, skyward, higher up, over, atop, heavenward.
2. greater more, larger, over and above.
3. superior higher, greater, outranking, surpassing.

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