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  • 1Above — A*bove , prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon; an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under. [root]199. See {Over}.] 1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; opposed to {below} or {beneath}.… …

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  • 2above all — Above A*bove , prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon; an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under. [root]199. See {Over}.] 1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; opposed to {below} or… …

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  • 3above — 1. preposition /əˈbʌv/ a) In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; opposed to below or beneath. Fowl that may fly above the earth. b) Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond;… …

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  • 4Over and above — Above A*bove , prep. [OE. above, aboven, abuffe, AS. abufon; an (or on) on + be by + ufan upward; cf. Goth. uf under. [root]199. See {Over}.] 1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; opposed to {below} or… …

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  • 5List comprehension — A list comprehension is a syntactic construct available in some programming languages for creating a list based on existing lists. It follows the form of the mathematical set builder notation (set comprehension) as distinct from the use of map… …

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  • 6Reading comprehension — is defined as the level of understanding of a writing. For normal reading rates (around 200 220 words per minute) an acceptable level of comprehension is above 75%.Fact|date=January 2008Proficient reading comprehension depends on the ability to… …

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  • 7Unintelligibility — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Unintelligibility >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unintelligibility unintelligibility Sgm: N 1 incomprehensibility incomprehensibility imperspicuity Sgm: N 1 inconceivableness inconceivableness vagueness &c. >Adj. Sgm …

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  • 8inscrutable — a. Undiscoverable, unsearchable, impenetrable, incomprehensible, inexplicable, unfathomable, hidden, mysterious, past comprehension, above comprehension, not to be understood …

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  • 9undiscoverable — a. 1. Undiscernible, that cannot be discovered. 2. Inscrutable, unsearchable, hidden, unfathomable, unknowable, occult, mysterious, past or above comprehension …

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  • 10New Foundations — In mathematical logic, New Foundations (NF) is an axiomatic set theory, conceived by Willard Van Orman Quine as a simplification of the theory of types of Principia Mathematica. Quine first proposed NF in a 1937 article titled New Foundations for …

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