English Explanatory Dictionary

under

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prep
  1. Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.
  2. Below the surface of.
  3. From one side of to the other, passing beneath.
  4. Less than.
  5. Subject to.
  6. Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.
  7. Within the category, classification or heading of.
  8. In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
  9. Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).
adv
  1. In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
  2. So as to pass beneath something.
  3. Less than what is necessary to be adequate or suitable; insufficient.
  4. In or into an unconscious state.
  5. Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
adj
  1. Lower; beneath something.
  2. In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
  3. Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
  4. Having a particular property that is low, especially so as to be insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
noun
  1. The amount by which an actual total is less than the expected or required amount.
  2. Something having a particular property that is low or too low.
  3. A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be below a certain stated value.

Pronunciation

/ˈʌndə/ ŭnʹ-dər /ˈʌndɚ/ [ˈʌn(ɾ)ɚ] [ˈʌɾ̃ɚ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-under.wav En-us-under.ogg /ˈʊndə/

Word forms

under more under most under unders

Etymology

From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Cognate with German unter, Dutch onder, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under, Faroese and Icelandic undir; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).

Synonyms

below beneath underneath

Antonyms

above over

Derived words

under- am I under arrest Ascott-under-Wychwood Ashton under Hill Ashton-under-Lyne bag under one's eye bag under the eye Barton-under-Needwood Blymhill and Weston-under-Lizard bob under Boughton under Blean bring under brush something under the carpet brush something under the rug bubble under buckle under build a fire under burr under one's saddle buy out from under chicken under a brick come under cut the ground from under someone's feet cut under device under test dive-under double-under down under draw a line under drink someone under the table drink under drink under the table driving under the influence Eaton-under-Heywood everything under the sun fall under five-and-under fly-under flyunder fly under the radar fold under zero pressure get out from under get under it get under one's goat get under someone's goat get under someone's skin go under have had one's day under the sun hide one's light under a bushel Hope under Dinmore hot under the collar interview under caution keep under knock under knuckle under land down under land under let the grass grow under one's feet light a fire under live under a rock lock under

Translations

Catalan: sota Dutch: onder Finnish: alamainen French: sous German: unter Japanese: ...下に Norman: souôs Polish: pod Portuguese: sob Scottish Gaelic: fo Spanish: so Spanish: bajo Spanish: sota Swedish: under Finnish: huonommin French: moins Japanese: 下の Japanese: したの Romanian: sub Tok Pisin: ananit
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