Concept cluster: The Elements > Above or higher position
adv
obsolete typography of above [Directly overhead; vertically on top of.]
adv
Directly overhead; vertically on top of.
adj
Alternative spelling of above the fold
adv
(obsolete) atop
adj
Positioned high up; elevated.
adv
Above, overhead, in a high place; up.
n
The highest point of something.
n
A vertical distance.
adv
(literary or archaic) On, to, or at the top.
adj
Alternative spelling of behind the eight-ball
n
The upper limit of an object or action.
n
(by extension) A situation in which there are conflicting opinions.
adv
With the edge uppermost.
adj
(computing) Running with administrator rights.
adj
Situated above a margin or edge
n
(meteorology, oceanography) The formation or strengthening of an atmospheric weather front or of an oceanic front.
n
The distance from the base of something to the top.
adv
In a high or elevated position.
adj
Higher than nearby areas.
n
Somebody with greater authority, seniority, rank, status or position; one who outranks.
adj
Uppermost; in the highest position.
n
Alternative form of higher-up [Somebody with greater authority, seniority, rank, status or position; one who outranks.]
adj
Contraction of overhead. [located above, especially over the head]
adv
On the highest point or surface.
adv
(obsolete) aloft; above the ground
v
have a top higher than
adv
From one side of something to another, passing above it.
n
The upper side or upward-facing surface of an object.
n
The upper hand; advantage; superiority; mastery.
adj
located above, especially over the head
adj
Hovering above.
n
An upper part.
n
The side facing up or positioned above; the topside; surface.
v
(obsolete) To raise (the price of an item on auction, or the level of the bids generally) by bidding high.
v
(transitive, intransitive, hiking, climbing, colloquial) To reach the summit of a mountain.
adv
(chiefly in patent law) On top of that.
n
The uppermost part of a page, picture, viewing screen, etc.
n
Alternative form of topcase [Synonym of trunk (“storage compartment fitted behind the seat of a motorcycle”)]
adj
At or nearest to the top; uppermost; being the very highest.
v
(intransitive) To be high or lofty; to soar.
n
A U (that is, upper class) word, as contrasted with a non-U one.
v
(masonry) To point the underside.
adj
Fitted or fixed at a high or relatively high position, especially on a wall or ceiling.
n
In heaven.
n
(marketing, often attributive) A member of a multi-level marketing scheme who has recruited others (their down line) and receives a portion of their earnings.
adv
(informal) Up at the top.
adj
Describing a higher level in a hierarchical management structure
adv
Farther up the face
adj
With the face pointing upwards; face-up.
n
(obsolete) The upper hand.
n
The upper levels of an organization; elites.
adj
Alternative spelling of up-line [Describing a higher level in a hierarchical management structure]
adj
Of land: higher than nearby areas.
adj
Eggcorn of utmost.
adj
Situated on higher ground, further inland, or more northerly.
n
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upper, crust. The topmost layer of a bread, pastry dish, or other item with a hardened coating.
n
(This entry is a translation hub.) The highest or most northerly extremes of something.
n
The uppermost side of anything
n
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see upper, storey.
n
A member of the upper crust; a social elite.
adj
Uppermost.
adj
At or nearest the top of something.
n
Alternative form of upper side [The uppermost side of anything]
n
The very highest social class; the upper ten.
n
(slang) head; brains
adj
(nonstandard) uppermost
n
(informal) An upright piano.
n
The highest or uppermost side or portion of something.
n
The upper part of the stack.
adv
(informal) In the brain or mind.
adj
(construction) (of a beam) Having its top surface above the slab with which it integrates; "an upstand beam".
adj
(US) Of the northern section of a state.
adj
(Internet slang) Previous, or hierarchically higher, in a thread of discussion.
adj
(chiefly Canada, US) In the upper part of a town.
n
(obsolete) The upper part; the top.
n
updog
adv
(rare, informal, nonstandard) on high; in the heavens

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