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aboveground

aboveground is the alternative spelling of above ground.

Meaning of above ground

Prepositional phrase

  1. On or above the surface of the ground.
    • "This place Rome? It is but the tomb of mighty Rome." He showed Gerard . . . the gigantic vestiges of antiquity that peeped aboveground here and there.1861, Charles Reade, chapter 60, in The Cloister and the Hearth
    Synonyms:
    superterranean
  2. (figuratively) Not dead and buried; alive.
    • Alice: I told you, he don't have no wife, not aboveground, anyhow.1992, David Webb Peoples, Unforgiven, screenplay
    Synonyms:
    kicking
  3. Not of or relating to the social or political underground; in the open; existing within or produced by the establishment.
    • More disturbing was that zines and underground culture didn't seem to be any sort of threat to this aboveground world.2003, Henry Jenkins III, Tara McPherson, Jane Shattuc, Hop on Pop: The Politics and Pleasures of Popular Culture, page 228
    Synonyms:
    mainstream, official

Forms of aboveground

comparativemore aboveground
superlativemost aboveground

Origin of aboveground

From above + ground.

Questions about aboveground

What is aboveground the alternative spelling of?
Aboveground is the alternative spelling of above ground.

Words near aboveground in the dictionary

  1. above-written
  2. aboveboard
  3. abovecited
  4. abovedeck
  5. abovedescribed
  6. aboveground
  7. abovelisted
  8. abovementioned
  9. abovenamed
  10. aboveness
  11. aboveproof

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