English English Dictionary

above in English:

1. a

It's a surprise.

Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.

It took me more than two hours to translate a few pages of English.

It almost scared me not to see you online for a whole day.

If you don't want to put on sunscreen, that's your problem. Just don't come complaining to me when you get a sunburn.

He compiled a Japanese folklore anthology for use in schools.

Your words of encouragement meant a lot to me.

Your dream of becoming a baseball player will come true if you try hard.

Once you skip a lesson, it's hard to catch up with your classmates.

The policeman talked to the children in as friendly a manner as he could.

Hypothetically a person can live a perfect life without sinning.

He is a primary school teacher, so he is used to dealing with children.

In addition to taking the regular tests, we have to hand in a long essay.

Will it be necessary for us to buy a book for this class?

Who can read the heroic deeds of brave men without a feeling of respect and admiration?

2. over on high

3. on a higher level than something else

4. above

See above.

The diagram above commutes if and only if f is an isomorphism.

But above all, I will never forget who this victory truly belongs to. It belongs to you. It belongs to you.

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Nothing can change the look of a city so dramatically as the sudden appearance of a block of offices which towers above all the surrounding buildings.

Evidence that the above example is farfetched can be seen by comparing the total occurrences of component X.

Latest census data shows that the total population of the country is slightly above 7 million people.

Television shows violence, which influences, above all, younger people.

When indicating 'tense' in Chinese, as shown above, there are 'particles', 'time-specifying words' and also many cases where it depends on context.

The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.

You are in a narrow rocky shaft. There is some light shining from far above. Below you is the cave you started in. What do you do now?

Every Tibetan above 25 has the right to stand for election to the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies.

Well, even so my score is far above yours isn't it? "What did you say!? If I was to go all out you'd be as nothing to me!"

Deep water fish never see the light and live all their lives from the scraps that come from above.

English word "above"(above) occurs in sets:

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5. about

Think about it.

Something you should know about me is that I spend a lot of time reading.

Tom asked Mary to see about getting front row seats at the Lady Gaga concert.

Didn't you know that he passed away about two years ago?

How far is it from here to your school? "It's about ten minute's walk."

Sooner or later, every parent has to have a talk with their children about the birds and the bees.

I asked many people about the store, but no one had heard of it.

Complaining about something is one way to adapt yourself to a new environment.

Even when she thought about something else, ideas of death returned to her mind.

He wasn't about to pass up that once-in-a-lifetime chance.

Prime numbers are like life; they are completely logical, but impossible to find the rules for, even if you spend all your time thinking about it.

We argued with each other about the best place for a holiday.

A mysterious legend has been handed down about this lake.

Sorry, but it all came about so suddenly that I haven't got a handle on the situation yet.

6. superior

superior quality

The superior gratification derived from the use and contemplation of costly and supposedly beautiful products is, commonly, in great measure a gratification of our sense of costliness masquerading under the name of beauty.

The superior man is affected towards animals: having seen them alive, he cannot bear to see them die; having heard their cries, he cannot bear to eat their flesh.

On one occasion Aristotle was asked how much educated men were superior to those uneducated: "As much," said he, "as the living are to the dead."

We went for a scenic drive as far as Lake Superior.

Soft wool is more expensive than coarse wool and both are superior to synthetics made of nylon.

He was ordered, by his superior, to write up a proposal for a new product before the day is out.

Some of these very clever robots are already surpassing us. To surpass means to have abilities superior to our own.

Your laptop is far superior to mine - mine's already 6 years old. It's a superior wine that is worth any price.

The disciplinary superior may renounce inflicting the punishment if the degree of guilt or the degree of the harmfulness of the disciplinary offence is not significant in light of the service.

Our superior is a natural leader and team builder. He keeps our unit motivated and committed to the work

She reported the problems to her superior but she was told to keep quiet.

A person who is higher in rank or position than others, something better than average or better than others of the same type: I will pass your complaint on to my superiors. Some people think acoustic recordings are superior to digital ones.

This study showed that Peg Intron was superior to interferon alfa-2b (Table 5)

Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind which creates revolutions.

7. over

I ache all over.

I had stage fright at first, but I got over it quickly.

I'll turn over a new leaf and study English very hard.

Can I switch over from a sightseeing visa to a business one?

Even if you go far away, let's keep in touch with each other over the phone.

Millions of people all over the world knew about Rev. Martin Luther King and his beliefs.

Over the last month, I have eaten Chinese, French, Italian, Greek, Hungarian and Mexican food.

Tom brought way too much food, so there was some left over.

If he keeps drifting aimlessly, his late father will turn over in his grave.

I miss you. I need to see you. Could I come over?

Anyone over eighteen years of age counts as an adult.

School being over, we went swimming in the pool.

Although rainforests make up only two percent of the earth's surface, over half the world's wild plant, animal and insect species live there.

The front wheel plays an important role in two-wheeled vehicles moving without falling over.

I admit he's smart, but does he have to talk over everyone's heads all the time?

English word "above"(over) occurs in sets:

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8. overhead

I left my bag on the overhead rack in the train.

The helicopter is hovering overhead.

An airplane is flying overhead.

A couple of swallows are flying overhead.

It's in the overhead compartment.

The sun was blazing overhead.

This saves you bandwidth and overhead because your server can tell Googlebot that a page hasn't changed since the last time it was crawled.

a helicopter buzzed overhead

directly above you Helicopters were flying overhead.

I put my suitcase on the overhead shelf on the train

Research showed that our marketing needs overhead.

Trains rattled overhead.

A bird in hand is safer than one overhead.

The jet made a whining sound as it soared overhead.

9. in extended space over and not touching

10. on top

a cake with candles on top

11. more than an amount or level

12. below

See below.

The reason why we cannot support his view will be given below.

An office building, with 22 stories above ground and 2 below, is under construction.

Large-scale surface currents are already known to exist, and major currents below the ocean surface, too, are being found.

Below, you can read the instructions you will be given during the final exam.

Use interrogative pronouns to rewrite the sentences below; if you need to, you can add or remove a few words.

The explanation below was achieved by comparing and contrasting a variety of different theories.

You are in a narrow rocky shaft. There is some light shining from far above. Below you is the cave you started in. What do you do now?

Between Heaven above and Hell below is a place called Earth.

I'm teaching basic participial constructions now, but, with regard to those below, what different ways of translating them would everybody use?

Kori walked downwards as much as she could and ended up five stories below ground level.

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other words beginning with "A"

abandon in English
ability in English
about in English
abroad in English
absence in English
absent in English