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over and above

over and above adverb: supplementarily.

Adverb

over and above (not comparable)

  1. Supplementarily.
  2. More than is necessary or than expected.
  3. more than is required e.g. by a contract.

Preposition

over and above

  1. in addition to, supplementary to
    • 'Goodwill' is the value of a business over and above its tangible assets.

over and above meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Arabic

over and above in Tamil

தவிரவும்

over and above in Malayalam

on top of, in addition to, plus
കൂടുതലായി, കൂടാതെ, പുറമേ, ഉപരിയായി, അധികമായി, അതഃപരം

over and above in Arabic

supplementary
عِلَاوَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ ʕilāwatan ʕalā ḏālika, زِيَادَةً عَلَى ذٰلِكَ ziyādatan ʕalā ḏālika
more than is necessary
أَكْثَر مِمَّا يَنْبَغِي ʔakṯar mimmā yanbaḡī

Questions about over and above

What does over and above mean?
Over and above means supplementarily.
What is over and above in Tamil?
Over and above in Tamil is தவிரவும். See Over and above meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is over and above?
Over and above can be an adverb or a preposition.

Words near over and above in the dictionary

  1. over 'n' out
  2. over 9000
  3. over a barrel
  4. over again
  5. over against
  6. over and above
  7. over and done
  8. over and done with
  9. over and out
  10. over and over
  11. over and over again

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: over and above (page history and authors); over and above (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); over and above (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). 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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