Meaning

2 senses

  1. Under, below, beneath.

    Underneath the water, all was calm.

    We flew underneath the bridge.

    unterhalb

    подpod

  2. Under the control or power of.

    There was little freedom underneath the Nazi jackboot.

    подpod

Examples

123 sentences

  1. Tom sat down underneath a tree.

    Том сів під деревом. — deniko

    ruТом сел под деревом. — odexed

    deTom setzte sich unter einen Baum. — Sudajaengi

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  2. Tom crawled underneath the bed.

    Том заповз під ліжко. — deniko

    deTom kroch unters Bett. — Jens_Odo

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  3. Tom looked underneath the table.

    Том подивився під столом. — deniko

    ruТом заглянул под стол. — odexed

    deTom schaute unter den Tisch. — Jens_Odo

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  4. Tom got trapped underneath his car.

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  5. I found the key underneath the mat.

    deIch fand den Schlüssel unter der Matte. — al_ex_an_der

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
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Deutsch
By meaning 1
under, below, beneath:

Origin

From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”),

From Middle English undernethe, undernethen, from Old English underneoþan (“underneath”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *underniþer. Equivalent to under- + neath.

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See also

neighbours in the dictionary
underlineA1underlingundermineunderpantsB1underpassunderpayunderpin
underneath — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto