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/ˈʌndə/

preposition · adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    preposition

    In or to a lower position than something else.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Less than a stated amount, age, or level.

Examples

  • He pulled up the covers and crawled under.

  • I accept, but only under one condition.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • [ˈʌn(ɾ)ɚ]

Deep Dive

preposition

Extra meanings

  1. From one side of to the other, passing beneath.

  2. Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by.

  3. Below the surface of.

More examples

In context

  • The ice will give under your weight.

  • Quick, stuff the cash under the mattress!

  • There is nothing new under the sun.

Synonyms

Antonyms

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Origin

preposition

From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Cognate with German unter, Dutch onder, Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish under, Faroese and Icelandic undir; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).