adv
Meaning 1
Supplementarily.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Meaning relationships
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Phrase guide
over and above
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adv
Meaning 2
More than is necessary or than expected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adv
Meaning 3
more than is required e.g. by a contract.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: law
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prep
Meaning 4
in addition to, supplementary to
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 'Goodwill' is the value of a business over and above its tangible assets.
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History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
14 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ (ʕilāwatan ʕalā ḏālika) — supplementary
- Arabic: زِيَادَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ (ziyādatan ʕalā ḏālika) — supplementary
- Arabic: فوق كدا (fooʔ keda) — supplementary
- Dutch: bovenop — supplementary
- French: en sus — supplementary
- German: zusätzlich — supplementary
- Irish: de bhreis — supplementary
- Arabic: أَكْثَر مِمَّا يَنْبَغِي (ʔakṯar mimmā yanbaḡī) — more than is necessary
- Arabic: أكتر من اللازم (aktar melazem) — more than is necessary
- Hebrew: מעל ומעבר (meál umeéver) — more than is necessary
- Dutch: bovenop — in addition to
- French: en sus de — in addition to
- Irish: de bhreis ar — in addition to
- Irish: ar bharr — in addition to