English Explanatory Dictionary

underlying

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. lying underneath
  2. basic or fundamental
  3. implicit
noun
  1. The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of underlie

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-underlying.wav

Word forms

underlying underlyings

Etymology

By surface analysis, underlie + -ing.

Related words

underpinning

Derived words

underlying form underlying functor underlying set
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