UNDERLYING


Meaning of UNDERLYING in English

/un"deuhr luy'ing/ , adj.

1. lying or situated beneath, as a substratum.

2. fundamental; basic: the underlying cause of their discontent.

3. implicit; discoverable only by close scrutiny or analysis: an underlying seriousness in his witticisms.

4. (of a claim, mortgage, etc.) taking precedence; anterior; prior.

5. Ling. belonging to an earlier stage in the transformational derivation of a sentence or other structure; belonging to the deep structure.

[ 1605-15; UNDERLIE + -ING 2 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .