UNDER


Meaning of UNDER in English

prep. 25B6; preposition

they hid under a bush : BENEATH, below, underneath.

the rent is under £250 : LESS THAN, lower than, below.

branch managers are under the retail director : SUBORDINATE TO, junior to, inferior to, subservient to, answerable to, responsible to, subject to, controlled by.

forty homes are under construction : UNDERGOING, in the process of.

the town was under water : FLOODED BY, immersed in, submerged by, sunk in, engulfed by, inundated by.

our finances are under pressure : SUBJECT TO, liable to, at the mercy of.

above, over.

25B6; adverb coughing and spluttering she went under : DOWN, lower, below, underneath, beneath; underwater.

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