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underneath
[ uhn-der-neeth, -neeth ]
preposition
- below the surface or level of; directly or vertically beneath; at or on the bottom of.
- under the control of; in a lower position in a hierarchy of authority:
Underneath the department heads are the junior executives.
- hidden, disguised, or misrepresented, as by a false appearance or pretense:
Underneath his bluster is a timid nature.
adverb
- below; at a lower level or position; on the underside.
adjective
- lower; situated below or under.
noun
- the bottom; underside; lowest part.
underneath
/ ˌʌndəˈniːθ /
preposition
- under; beneath
adjective
- lower
noun
- a lower part, surface, etc
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Example Sentences
None of us were interested in making a film about a speech, a statue, or all that good stuff; it was about getting underneath it.
Red letters scrawled underneath seem to be Ramone thinking aloud: “I wonder but I think so.”
He took his hand off the car and put it back underneath his shirt.
Underneath my chronic prickliness and assholishness I am always, always thankful.
And underneath my chronic prickliness and assholishness I am always, always thankful.
Of late, however, it has acquired a far greater interest through the discovery of coal underneath its surface.
Bedded in the soft earth underneath lay the slim buckskin sacks.
Underneath these were affectionate hearts quaking with fear lest the home-coming be but a sad one after all.
The only difference was that it rested on a framework attached to a single wheel directly underneath.
Let dry, apply a cover-glass, and run glacial acetic acid underneath it.
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