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Aboveboard: Definition and part of speech

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Aboveboard

  1. adv. Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Above: Definition and part of speech

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Above

  1. adv. More than; as, above five hundred were present.
  2. prep. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; — opposed to below or beneath.
  3. prep. Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach.
  4. prep. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. (Passing into the adverbial sense. See Above, adv., 4.)
  5. adv. In a higher place; overhead; into or from heaven; as, the clouds above.
  6. adv. Earlier in order; higher in the same page; hence, in a foregoing page.
  7. adv. Higher in rank or power; as, he appealed to the court above.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

About: Definition and part of speech

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About

  1. adv. To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one’s self about.
  2. prep. Around; all round; on every side of.
  3. prep. In the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place; by or on (one’s person).
  4. prep. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
  5. prep. Near; not far from; — determining approximately time, size, quantity.
  6. prep. In concern with; engaged in; intent on.
  7. prep. On the point or verge of; going; in act of.
  8. prep. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; touching.
  9. adv. On all sides; around.
  10. adv. In circuit; circularly; by a circuitous way; around the outside; as, a mile about, and a third of a mile across.
  11. 1adv. 1 To a reserved position; half round; in the opposite direction; on the opposite tack; as, to face about; to turn one’s self about.
  12. 1prep. 1 Around; all round; on every side of.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Abound: Definition and part of speech

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Abound

  1. v. i. To be copiously supplied; — followed by in or with.
  2. v. i. To be in great plenty; to be very prevalent; to be plentiful.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.