Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adverb In or to a place beneath; below.
- adverb On the lower face or underside.
- preposition Under; below; beneath.
- preposition Under the power or control of.
- adjective Lower; under.
- noun The part or side below or under.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Beneath; below; in a lower place.
- Under; beneath.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb Beneath; below; in a lower place; under.
- preposition Under; beneath; below.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb
Below ; in aplace beneath . - preposition
Under , below, beneath. - preposition Under the
control orpower of. - adjective Under, lower.
- noun The part under or lower.
- noun A
background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb on the lower or downward side; on the underside of
- adverb under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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The company secretary inscribed his name underneath with a grand flourish.
Yellow Dirt Judy Pasternak 2010
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The skin underneath is constantly breaking down and is very painful.
Ashley's Treatment Dave Hingsburger 2007
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Portia, and engraved; but I think no one, without the label underneath, would have imagined in it even the intention of my portrait.
Records of a Girlhood Fanny Kemble 1851
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I downloaded the router's user guide and find in a section that mentions: "if client device ask for the router's PIN, it can be found on the label underneath the router".
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Most museums have some serious regulations against photography and not much effort goes into reading the label underneath the painting where the artwork is hung.
PROnetworks 2010
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While most museums have some serious regulations against photography and not much effort goes into reading the label underneath the painting where the artwork is hung.
The Inquirer 2010
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While most museums have some serious regulations against photography and not much effort goes into reading the label underneath the painting where the artwork is hung.
The Inquirer 2010
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While most museums have some serious regulations against photography and not much effort goes into reading the label underneath the painting where the artwork is hung.
The Inquirer 2010
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The code is handily printed on a label underneath too, along with the default web admin username and password, plus instructions on how to use the WPS button, and how to reset and restore the router to factory defaults.
PC PRO - Today 2010
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Honestly, though - there were only a few reviewers who could look past the pseudo-incestual overtones to see what was underneath, and your description of the "underneath" is better than any I could give myself.
Anyone But You 2006
bilby commented on the word underneath
The seamy side of overneath.
December 14, 2008