aboveground

[ uh-buhv-ground ]

/ əˈbʌvˌgraʊnd /

adjective

situated on or above the ground.

not secret or hidden; in the open: the aboveground activities of the country's left-wing faction.

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CHALLENGE YOURSELF WITH THIS MIDDLE SCHOOL PART OF SPEECH QUIZ!

How well do you know your adjectives from your adverbs? Your preposition from your pronouns? Your interjections from your conjunctions? Let’s put your knowledge of parts of speech to the text! Note: Many of the following questions will ask you to identify the parts of speech “in order.” That means the first word in all capital letters will correspond to the first option in an answer, and so on.

Question 1 of 10

In order, what parts of speech are the words in all capital letters? Alisa was VERY tired, SO she decided to go to bed.

adverb, adverb

adverb, conjunction

adjective, conjunction

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Origin of aboveground

First recorded in 1875–80; above + ground¹

Words nearby aboveground

above suspicion, above the law, above the line, above-the-line, aboveboard, aboveground, abovementioned, abp, abp., abr, abr.

Example sentences from the Web for aboveground

The body lay in an aboveground marble sarcophagus guarded by no groundskeepers or watchmen, just one lonely padlock.
Invasion of the Celebrity Body Snatchers, From Charlie Chaplin to Casey Kasem|Melissa Leon|July 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Aboveground his crudities of manner might be repellent; here he was in his native element, shrewd, practical and zealous.
Ainslee's magazine, Volume 16, No. 3, October, 1905|Various
But he negotiated it successfully, and in another moment he was aboveground and free.
The Master Mystery|Arthur B. Reeve and John W. Grey
There was a chain-link gate at the side of the house, and in the back an aboveground pool.
Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town|Cory Doctorow

The underground railroad preceded the aboveground railroad in the history of the great American conflict.
The Creed of the Old South 1865-1915|Basil L. Gildersleeve