| 1. | in, at, or to a higher place. |
| 2. | overhead, upstairs, or in the sky: My brother lives in the apartment above. A flock of birds circled above. |
| 3. | higher in rank, authority, or power: She was told to speak to the person above. |
| 4. | higher in quantity or number: books with 100 pages and above. |
| 5. | before or earlier, esp. in a book or other piece of writing; foregoing: the remark quoted above. Compare below (def. 6). |
| 6. | in or to heaven: gone to her eternal rest above. |
| 7. | Zoology. on the upper or dorsal side. |
| 8. | Theater. upstage. Compare below (def. 9). |
| 9. | higher than zero on the temperature scale: The temperature dropped to ten above this morning. |
| 10. | in or to a higher place than; over: to fly above the clouds; the floor above ours. |
| 11. | more in quantity or number than; in excess of: all girls above 12 years of age; The weight is above a ton. |
| 12. | superior in rank, authority, or standing to: A captain is above a lieutenant. |
| 13. | not subject or liable to; not capable of (some undesirable action, thought, etc.): above suspicion; to be above bad behavior. |
| 14. | of too fine a character for: He is above such trickery. |
| 15. | rather than; in preference to: to favor one child above the other. |
| 16. | beyond, esp. north of: six miles above Baltimore. |
| 17. | Theater. upstage of. |
| 18. | said, mentioned, or written above; foregoing: the above explanation. |
| 19. | something that was said, mentioned, or written above: to refer to the above. |
| 20. | the person or persons previously indicated: The above will all stand trial. |
| 21. | heaven: truly a gift from above. |
| 22. | a higher authority: an order from above. |
| 23. | above all, most important of all; principally: charity above all. |

| 1. | the whole of (used in referring to quantity, extent, or duration): all the cake; all the way; all year. |
| 2. | the whole number of (used in referring to individuals or particulars, taken collectively): all students. |
| 3. | the greatest possible (used in referring to quality or degree): with all due respect; with all speed. |
| 4. | every: all kinds; all sorts. |
| 5. | any; any whatever: beyond all doubt. |
| 6. | nothing but; only: The coat is all wool. |
| 7. | dominated by or as if by the conspicuous possession or use of a particular feature: The colt was all legs. They were all ears, listening attentively to everything she said. |
| 8. | Chiefly Pennsylvania German. all gone; consumed; finished: The pie is all. |
| 9. | the whole quantity or amount: He ate all of the peanuts. All are gone. |
| 10. | the whole number; every one: all of us. |
| 11. | everything: Is that all you want to say? All is lost. |
| 12. | one's whole interest, energy, or property: to give one's all; to lose one's all. |
| 13. | (often initial capital letter ) the entire universe. |
| 14. | wholly; entirely; completely: all alone. |
| 15. | only; exclusively: He spent his income all on pleasure. |
| 16. | each; apiece: The score was one all. |
| 17. | Archaic. even; just. |
| 18. | above all, before everything else; chiefly: Above all, the little girl wanted a piano. |
| 19. | after all, in spite of the circumstances; notwithstanding: He came in time after all. |
| 20. | all at once. once (def. 14). |
| 21. | all but, almost; very nearly: These batteries are all but dead. |
| 22. | all in, Northern and Western U.S. very tired; exhausted: We were all in at the end of the day. |
| 23. | all in all,
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| 24. | all in hand, Printing, Journalism. (of the copy for typesetting a particular article, book, issue, etc.) in the possession of the compositor. |
| 25. | all in the wind, Nautical. too close to the wind. |
| 26. | all out, with all available means or effort: We went all out to win the war. |
| 27. | all over,
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| 28. | all standing, Nautical.
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| 29. | all that, remarkably; entirely; decidedly (used in negative constructions): It's not all that different from your other house. |
| 30. | all the better, more advantageous; so much the better: If the sun shines it will be all the better for our trip. |
| 31. | all there, Informal. mentally competent; not insane or feeble-minded: Some of his farfetched ideas made us suspect that he wasn't all there. |
| 32. | all the same. same (def. 9). |
| 33. | all told. told (def. 2). |
| 34. | all up,
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| 35. | and all, together with every other associated or connected attribute, object, or circumstance: What with the snow and all, we may be a little late. |
| 36. | at all,
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| 37. | for all (that), in spite of; notwithstanding: For all that, it was a good year. |
| 38. | in all, all included; all together: a hundred guests in all. |
| 39. | once and for all, for the last time; finally: The case was settled once and for all when the appeal was denied. |

above all
More than anything else, as in A winter hike calls for good equipment, but above all it requires careful planning. This phrase first appears in William Langland's Piers Ploughman (1377), in which the narrator exhorts readers to love the Lord God above all. Also see first and last.