UNDERLYING


Meaning of UNDERLYING in English

[un.der.ly.ing] adj (1611) 1 a: lying beneath or below "the ~ rock is shale" b: basic, fundamental "an investigation of the ~ issues"

2: evident only on close inspection: implicit

3: anterior and prior in claim "~ mortgage"

4: of or being present in deep structure "~ word order"

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