UNDERLYING


Meaning of UNDERLYING in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌən-dər-ˈlī-iŋ ]

adjective

Date: 1611

1.

a. : lying beneath or below

the underlying rock is shale

b. : basic , fundamental

an investigation of the underlying issues

2. : evident only on close inspection : implicit

3. : anterior and prior in claim

underlying mortgage

4. : of or being present in deep structure

underlying word order

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.