Meaning

3 senses

  1. Below.

    1718, Alexander Pope, epitaph to Nicholas Rowe Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.

    unter

    подpod

    підpid

  2. In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.

    Their despicable behaviour is beneath contempt.

    unter

    ни́жеníže

    ни́жчеnýžče

  3. Covered up or concealed by something.

Examples

147 sentences

  1. It is beneath him to do something like that.

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  2. Tom crouched beneath the window, listening to what was being said inside.

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  3. They live on the floor beneath.

    Вони живуть поверхом нижче.

    ruОни живут этажом ниже.

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  4. Tom is sitting beneath the tree.

    Том сидить під деревом.

    ruТом сидит под деревом.

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  5. I crouched beneath the window.

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Translations

6 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
below:
to a lower position:
Русский
By meaning 2
below:
to a lower position:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
below:

Origin

From Middle English benethe, from Old English bineoþan (“beneath, under, below”), equivale

From Middle English benethe, from Old English bineoþan (“beneath, under, below”), equivalent to be- + neath. Cognate with Low German benedden (“beneath”), Dutch beneden (“beneath, under, down”), obsolete German benieden (“below”).

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Forms

Word family

2 related words
Derivedbeneath contemptbeneathness

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
bendB2benderbenefactorbeneficialB2beneficiaryC2
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