under

[uhn-der] / ˈʌn dər /

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below adv.
secondary adv.

ADVERB

below

Synonyms

WEAK

beneath bottom concealed by covered by down downward held down inferior lower nether on the bottom on the nether side on the underside pinned pressed down supporting to the bottom underneath

Antonyms

WEAK

above higher major more over primary up upward

ADVERB

secondary

Synonyms

WEAK

amenable belonging collateral consequent corollary dependent directed following governed in the power of included inferior junior lesser low lower obedient obeying reporting sub subject subjugated subordinate subsequent subservient subsidiary substract subsumed

Antonyms

WEAK

above higher major more over primary up upward

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Ms. Machado has made at least two attempts to go back to Venezuela since she left in December 2025 under cover of darkness to accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Norway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026

Things did not start too well under Enzo Maresca, with the Community Shield defeat by Arsenal.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026

What remained less clear was whether entanglement could survive under far more extreme conditions, including the violent, high-energy particle collisions produced at CERN.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

The Times spoke with her on the seventh floor of an apartment building under construction in West Los Angeles — one made possible by her order fast-tracking approval of affordable housing.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 20, 2026

“Here, I guess, it’s just under two hundred. Not the worst.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

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