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above-the-fold

above-the-fold is the alternative spelling of above the fold.

Meaning of above the fold

Prepositional phrase

  1. Situated in the upper half of the front page of a broadsheet newspaper, and thus more prominent, as the lower half is not usually visible when the folded newspaper is displayed for sale.
  2. (web and application design) By extension, situated near the top of a web page or application screen; not requiring scrolling. See above the scroll.
    Synonyms:
    above the scroll
  3. Occupying an exclusive position of relative prominence

Questions about above-the-fold

What is above-the-fold the alternative spelling of?
Above-the-fold is the alternative spelling of above the fold.

Words near above-the-fold in the dictionary

  1. above-named
  2. above-quoted
  3. above-said
  4. above-specified
  5. above-stairs
  6. above-the-fold
  7. above-the-neck rule
  8. above-water
  9. above-written
  10. aboveboard
  11. abovecited

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Adapted from Wiktionary: above-the-fold (page history and authors); above the fold (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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