Under

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English

Preposition

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Under

  1. In a lower level than.
    • 1922, Virginia Woolf , Jacob's Room Chapter 1
      The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.
  2. A subject of
    He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.
  3. Less than
  4. Below the surface of

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Antonyms

Adverb

Under (not comparable)

  1. In a way lower or less than
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  2. In a way inferior to
    • (Can we add an example for this sense?)

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Antonyms

Adjective

Under (comparative more Under, superlative most Under)

  1. Being lower; being beneath something.

Derived terms

Related terms
See also: under-

Thesaurus

answerable to, at a disadvantage, at the nadir, below, below deck, below par, below the mark, belowstairs, beneath, collateral, dependent, down, down below, downstairs, drunk, earlier, high, impaired, in the gutter, inferior, infra, least, least of all, less, lesser, low, lower, lowest, neath, nether, out of sight, secondary, short of, sub, subjacent, subject, subordinate to, tipsy, tributary, under par, under the influence, underfoot, underneath, underwater

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /"Vn.d@(r\)/
  • (US) IPA: /ˈʌn.dɚ/, SAMPA: /"Vn.d@`/
  • Audio (US)noicon(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌndə(r)
  • Hyphenation: un‧der

Etymology

From Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under from Proto-Indo-European *ndhero- (“lower”), akin to Old High German untar (“under”), Latin infra (“below, beneath”). More at infra-

Translations

Preposition

in a lower level
subject of
less than
beneath the surface
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Adverb

In a way lower or less than
In a way inferior to

References

  • Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

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Danish

Adverb

Under

  1. under

Preposition

Under

  1. under
  2. underneath
  3. below
  4. during

Noun

Under n. (singular definite Underet, plural indefinite Undere)

  1. wonder
  2. marvel
  3. miracle
Inflection
    Inflection of Under
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative Under Underet Undere Underne
genitive Unders Underets Underes Undernes

Noun

Under c. (singular definite Underen, plural indefinite Undere)

  1. bottom (part)
Inflection
    Inflection of Under
common gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative, dative and accusative Under Underen Undere Underne
genitive Unders Underens Underes Undernes

Etymology 1

From Old Norse undir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /onər/, [ɔnˀɐ]

Etymology 2

From Old Norse undr.

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /onər/, [ɔnˀɐ]

Latin

Verb

under

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of undō


Norwegian Bokmål

Preposition

Under

  1. below; beneath
  2. during

Noun

Under

  1. wonder, marvel, miracle

Norwegian Nynorsk

Preposition

Under

  1. below; beneath
  2. during

Noun

Under

  1. wonder, marvel, miracle

Old English

Preposition

Under

  1. under

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *under.

Swedish

Preposition

Under

  1. under; below; beneath
  2. during, at the same time as
    Under lektionen pratade de hela tiden
    During the lesson, they talked all the time

Noun

Under n.

  1. wonder, miracle
    Undrens tid är inte förbi.
    The age of miracles isn't over.

Pronunciation

Declension

Declension of Under
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative Under undret Under undren
genitive Unders undrets Unders undrens

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See also

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