above

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• adverb On high; overhead.
• adverb In heaven; heavenward.
• adverb Upstairs.
• adverb To a degree that is over zero.
• adverb In or to a higher place.
• adverb In an earlier part of a given text.
• adverb In or to a higher rank or position.
• preposition Over or higher than.
• preposition Superior to in rank, position, or number; greater than.
• preposition Beyond the level or reach of.
• preposition In preference to.
• preposition Too honorable or proud to undertake.
• preposition More than.
• preposition Upstream of.
• preposition North of.
• noun An earlier part of a given text.
• noun The person or persons already referred to in a text.
• adjective Appearing earlier in the same text.
• idiom (above all) Over and above all other factors or considerations.

from The Century Dictionary.

• In or to a higher place; overhead; often, in a special sense: In or to the celestial regions; in heaven.
• Upstairs.
• On the upper side (opposed to beneath); toward the top (opposed to below): as, leaves green above, glaucous beneath; stems smooth above, hairy below.
• Higher in rank or power: as, the courts above.
• Before in rank or order, especially in a book or writing: as, from what has been said above.
• Besides: in the expression over and above.
• Above is often used elliptically as a noun, meaning: Heaven: as, “Every good gift … is from above,” Jas. i. 17. Preceding statement, remarks, or the like: as, from the above you will learn my object. It has the force of an adjective in such phrases as the above particulars, in which cited or mentioned is understood.
• In or to a higher place than.
• Superior to in any respect: often in the sense of too high for, as too high in dignity or fancied importance; too elevated in character: as, this man is above his business, above mean actions.
• More in quantity or number than: as, the weight is above a ton.
• More in degree than; in a greater degree than; beyond; in excess of.
• Synonyms Over, Above. See over.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• preposition In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath.
• preposition Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than
• preposition Surpassing in number or quantity; more than. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
• preposition before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things.
• preposition besides; in addition to.
• adverb In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven.
• adverb Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
• adverb Higher in rank or power.
• adverb More than.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

• preposition In preference to.
• preposition Too proud to stoop; averse to; disinclined; too honorable to give.
• preposition theater Upstage.
• preposition Beyond; on the other side.
• adverb biology On the upper half or the dorsal surface of an animal.
• noun Something, especially a person name in legal documents, that appears higher on the same page or on a preceding page.
• noun Higher authority.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• adverb at an earlier place
• adverb in or to a place that is higher