From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006): above all adv 1: above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" [syn: above all, most importantly, most especially] 2: taking everything together; "she was first and last a scientist" [syn: first and last, above all]
above all adv 1: above and beyond all other consideration; "above all, you must be independent" [syn: above all, most importantly, most especially] 2: taking everything together; "she was first and last a scientist" [syn: first and last, above all]