transcription, транскрипция: [ bɪloʊ ]
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
If something is below something else, it is in a lower position.
He appeared from the apartment directly below Leonard’s...
The path runs below a long brick wall...
The sun had already sunk below the horizon...
≠ above
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Below is also an adverb.
...a view to the street below...
Spread out below was a great crowd.
ADV : n ADV , ADV after v
2.
If something is below ground or below the ground , it is in the ground.
They have designed a system which pumps up water from 70m below ground...
PHRASE
3.
You use below in a piece of writing to refer to something that is mentioned later.
Please write to me at the address below...
ADV : n ADV , ADV after v
4.
If something is below a particular amount, rate, or level, it is less than that amount, rate, or level.
Night temperatures can drop below 15 degrees Celsius...
Rainfall has been below average.
≠ above
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Below is also an adverb.
...temperatures at zero or below.
ADV
5.
If someone is below you in an organization, they are lower in rank.
Such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.
≠ above
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6.
below par: see par