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/ˌʌndəˈniːθ/
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/ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
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/ˌʌndɚˈniθ/
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/ˌʌndɚˈnið/
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ʌndəˈniθ
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ʌndɚˈniθ
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Adverb
Below; in a place beneath.
Usage- not-comparable
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I can't take my sweater off: I amn't wearing anything else on underneath.
I lifted up the pile of clothes, and underneath, on the floor, was a dark red stain.
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connected with it underneath, you see a very fine hair-spring.
On the underside or lower face.
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No insects exhibit, like them, what may be termed four net-work eyes. It is very easy to perceive them in looking at the animal from above, and then examining it underneath
Preposition
Under, below, beneath.
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Underneath the water, all was calm.
We flew underneath the bridge.
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We looked underneath the table.
Under the control or power of.
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There was little freedom underneath the Nazi jackboot.
Adjective
Under, lower.
Usage- not-comparable
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You can have the underneath bunk.
The underneath part is harder to reach.
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The mess in the kitchen was one thing. The way the place smelled was another—some sort of chemistry-lab stink on top, some other smell underneath it. He was afraid the underneath smell might be blood.
Noun
The bottom of something.
Usage- Uncountable
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The underneath of the aircraft was painted blue.
Nawnim yelped, heaved away, struck his head on the underneath of the bed, and rolled into view bawling.
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It was a monolith of a golden color, opening at its base on to a cavern: its underneath was hollowed out by water.
I have been looking for an underneath I couldn't see.
they harden up a little as they cool, and they should be damp within; that's what makes them chewy, so don't worry that the underneaths of the macaroons look sticky.
A background radio sound track played during a specific announcement or program.
Usage- Uncountable
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The underneath is music from the latest album by ….
Adverb
on the lower or downward side; on the underside of
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a chest of drawers all scratched underneath
under or below an object or a surface; at a lower place or level; directly beneath
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we could see the original painting underneath
a house with a good foundation underneath