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above

/əˈbʌv/

US pronunciation

American sound/əˈbʌv/

əˈbʌv

Syllables: 2 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final e often stays silent

ə - ˈbʌv -> above

Myanmar meaning

(adv) အထက်တွင်။ အပေါ်တွင်။ အပေါ်မှာ။ အပေါ်က။ အထက်။ ရှေ့တွင်။ မိုးပေါ်(က)။ (ကောင်းလွန်းတော်လွန်း၍) အောက်တန်းမကျ။ မတူမတန်။ မာနမထားတတ်။ ကင်းရှင်း လျက်။ လက်လှမ်း မမီ။ (ဆူညံသံများကို) ကျော်၍။ (မြစ်)အထက်ဘက်တွင်။ (prep) အထက်

Full entry

above / ǝ'bʌv / adv

၁။ (က) အထက်တွင်။ အပေါ်တွင်။ အပေါ်မှာ။ My bedroom is immediately above. (ခ) အပေါ်မှ။ အပေါ်က။ Seen from above, the fields looked like a geometrical pattern. ❍ A voice called down to us from above.
၂။ အထက်။ wage increases of 5% and above ❍ anyone aged 18 and above.
၃။ အထက်တွင်။ ရှေ့တွင်။ as stated above ❍ the points mentioned above.
၄။ (rhet or joc ) အထက်(က)။ မိုးပေါ်(က)။ act on instructions from above. Compare BELOW, UNDER, UNDERNEATH
prep
၁။ အထက်သို့။ အထက်တွင်။ The sun rose above the horizon. ❍ The water came above our knees. ❍ We were flying above the clouds.
၂။ ထက်။ A captain in the Navy ranks above a captain in the Army. ❍ They finished the season three places above their local rivals ❍ Should a soldier value honour above life?
၃။ (ကောင်းလွန်းတော်လွန်း၍) အောက်တန်းမကျ၊ မတူမတန်၊ မာန မထားတတ်။ She wouldn't lie – she's above that . ❍ He thinks he's above ( ie too important for) such a post. ❍ Although she's the manager, she's not above, asking (ie she's not too proud to ask) for advice.
၄။ ကင်းရှင်း လျက်။ He is above suspicion (ie is not suspected because he is completely trusted).
၅။ (infml ) လက်လှမ်း မမီ။ All this maths is above me.
၆။ (ဆူညံသံများကို) ကျော်၍။ I could hardly hear his voice above the noise in the background.
၇။ (မြစ်) အညာဘက်တွင်။ the waterfall above the bridge.
adj အထက်ဖော်ပြပါ။ အထက်ပါ။ See the above paragraph ❍ at the above address.
❏ the above n အထက်ဖော်ပြပါအချက်။ If the above is not correct, please inform us immediately.
❏ above all [IDM ] အဖြစ်ချင်ဆုံး၊ အလိုချင်ဆုံး၊ အတောင့်တ ဆုံး (စသည်)။ he longs above all (else) to see his family again.
❏ above oneself [IDM ] ဘဝင်မြင့်သည်။ သွေး နားထင် ရောက်သည်။ အောက်ခြေလွတ်သည်။ Compare BELOW, UNDER, UNDERNEATH
❏ above-mentioned adj (fml ) အထက်တွင်ဖော်ပြပါ။

More examples

We lived in the room above the shop.
Curran’s leg was broken above the right knee.
The snow-covered hills above the village
Many of the documents mentioned above are now available on the Internet.
David and Brenda Mitchell, pictured above, celebrated their golden wedding anniversary last weekend.
Interviews will be held at the above address on 2 December.
The company’s profits were 23% above the previous year’s.
Temperatures climbed to 31 degrees Celsius – 10 degrees above normal.
In most subjects the students scored well above average.
In their society, honesty was prized above all other virtues.
We value our independence above anything that you can offer us.
As a major, Stuart was a rank above me, but we remained good friends.
Carl shouted, but it was impossible to make himself heard above all the noise.
Jack was cheating? I thought he was above that sort of thing.

Synonyms

on top of, over, higher than, a cut above, above your head, above-mentioned, above-named, abovementioned, aforeknown, aforementioned, aforestated, aloft, aloof, atop, before, beyond, degree, directly above, ex, ex-, exceeding, first class, first-string, five-star, foregoing, forerunning, former, good quality, greater than, hard-hearted, hardboiled, high, high class, high-caliber, high-ranking, higher, in the air, in the sky, in the upper story, laid back, larger than, long ago, long gone, major, more, more than, of higher rank, of yore, on high, on ice, one time, onto, out upon, overhead, overlying, preceding, precursive, precursory, preexistent, prevenient, prior to, prodromal, putting on airs, raised, roofer, senior, skyward, stuck up, superincumbent, superior, superior to, supra, surpassing, unrivalled, upon, upper, upstairs, whilom

Antonyms

all torn up, atrabilious, bad, below, bottommost, bottomward, broody, bummed out, bummed-out, cast down, cast-down, chapfallen, crumby, cut rate, cut-rate, deficient, dejected, depressed, dispirited, down, down and out, down in dumps, down in mouth, down in the dumps, down-in-the-mouth, downcast, earthward, fewer, ground-level, groundward, ill-bred, in a blue funk, in blue funk, in doldrums, in pain, in the doldrums, in the dumps, in the pits, in the toilet, inferior, less, low, low down, low-down, low-hanging, low-lying, low-set, lowborn, lowdown, marked down, melancholic, melancholy, mirthless, mopey, mopish, not high, on a downer, rock-bottom, scurvy, second rate, shot down, shot-down, singing the blues, squatty, taken down, the bottom, to the bottom, torn up, uncostly, under, undignified, unelevated

Cross references

on top of over higher than a cut above above your head above-mentioned above-named abovementioned aforeknown aforementioned aforestated aloft aloof atop before beyond degree directly above ex ex-exceeding first class first-string five-star foregoing forerunning former good quality

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