adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
married beneath her (= married someone of a lower social class than her )
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Sophia had, in a sense, married beneath her .
sink/vanish beneath the waves
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The ship sank beneath the waves.
was beneath...dignity (= was something she thought she was too important to do )
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Arguing was beneath her dignity .
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
lie
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Water, not solid ground, lay beneath .
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The desert lies beneath and soars beyond any possible human qualification.
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Peeling this back from one corner, he was astonished at what lay beneath .
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Likewise we recognize that pre-feminist homemakers were encouraged to stand by, and lie beneath , their men.
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A wooden box lay beneath and tiny black things fled across its surface from the exposing light.
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The thin gown of emerald green silk was quite inadequate to the task of concealing what lay beneath .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He stood on the bridge, looking at the river beneath .
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The whales are black or gray on top, with white beneath .