Complete Definition of "under"

English

rank|life|went|back|133|under|same|take|last

Pronunciation
(General American|US) IPA|/��nd�/, SAMPA|/"Vnd@`/
(Received Pronunciation|UK) IPA|/��nd�/, SAMPA|/"Vnd@/
audio|en-us-under.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�nd�(r)|-�nd�(r)
Hyphenation: un·der

Etymology
Old English under

Preposition
Image:Debajo.png|thumb|under (1)
under

  1. In a lower level than
  2. To be a subject of
  3. To be less than
  4. below|Below the surface of

Synonyms
below
beneath
underneath

Antonyms
above
over

Translations

Albanian: nën
Arabic: ARchar|تحت (taħt)
Catalan: sota
Chinese: �...�� (zài...xiàmiàn)
Croatian: pod
Czech: pod
Dutch: onder
Esperanto: sub
Finnish: alla, alle#Finnish|alle
French: sous
German: unter
Hungarian: ...alatt
Icelandic: undir
Ido: sub
Italian: sotto
mid
Japanese: �� (���, shitani)
Jingpho: npu e
Korean: ��� (araee)
Kurdish: KUchar|ب�, KUchar|��ر
Polish: pod
Portuguese: sob
Romanian: sub
Russian: под#Russian|под (pod)
Slovene: pod
Spanish: bajo
Swedish: under#Swedish|under (1,2,4), nedanför (1)
Turkish: altında

Adverb
under

  1. In a way lower or less than
  2. In a way inferior to

Synonyms
below
beneath

Antonyms
above
over

Derived terms
top2
down under
six feet under
underachieve
underage
underarm
undercurrent
undercut
mid2
underground
underhanded
underneath
underrate
underreport
undertow
underwater
underworld
bottom2

Category:English prepositions


Old English

Etymology
Common Germanic *undher-

Preposition
under

  1. under

Category:Old English prepositions


Swedish

Pronunciation
audio|Sv-under.ogg|audio

Preposition
under

  1. under#English|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

  1. wonder, miracle

Inflection
sv-noun|gender=Neuter|under|undret|under|undren|unders|undrets|unders|undrens

Related terms
underskatta
undertag

See also
på under
under tiden

Category:200 English basic words

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