UNDERGROUND


Meaning of UNDERGROUND in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' ə n-d ə r- ˌ grau ̇ nd

Function: noun

Date: 1594

1 : a subterranean space or channel

2 : an underground city railway system

3 a : a movement or group organized in strict secrecy among citizens especially in an occupied country for maintaining communications, popular solidarity, and concerted resistive action pending liberation b : a clandestine conspiratorial organization set up for revolutionary or other disruptive purposes especially against a civil order c : an unofficial, unsanctioned, or illegal but informal movement or group especially : a usually avant-garde group or movement that functions outside the establishment

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.