above all

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Meaning · English

more than anything else

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

hơn tất cả mọi thứ

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Literally: physically over something

Register: neutral

Examples

Above all, stay calm!Quan trọng nhất là, hãy giữ bình tĩnh!

Tatoeba sentence #11439138 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)

Sources & notes

Everyday learner phrase (CEFR C1); level cross-referenced from published learner lists. Definition pending editorial review. Definition drafted by AI (@cf/meta/llama-3.3-70b-instruct-fp8-fast) and auto-approved by rule on 2026-08-01; pending editor spot-check.

Common questions

What does “above all” mean?

more than anything else Literally: physically over something

Is “above all” formal or informal?

above all is generally neutral.