BELOW Definition & Meaning

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below

[ bih-loh ]

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adverb

in or toward a lower place:
Look out below!
on, in, or toward a lower level, as a lower deck of a ship:
The captain of the ship went below.
beneath the surface of the water:
Divers were sent below to view the wreck.
on earth:
the fate of creatures here below.
in hell or the infernal regions.
at a later point on a page or in a text: Compare above ( def 5 ).
See the illustration below.
in a lower rank or grade:
He was demoted to the class below.
under zero on the temperature scale:
The temperature in Buffalo was ten below this morning.
Theater. downstage. Compare above ( def 8 ).
Zoology. on the lower or ventral side.

preposition

lower down than:
below the knee.
lower in rank, degree, amount, rate, etc., than:
below cost;
below freezing.
too low or undignified to be worthy of; beneath:
He considered such an action below his notice.
Theater. downstage of:
There are two chairs below the table.

below

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preposition

at or to a position lower than; under
less than in quantity or degree
south of
downstream of
unworthy of; beneath

adverb

at or to a lower position or place
at a later place (in something written)
see below
archaic.
beneath heaven; on earth or in hell

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of below¹

First recorded in 1275–1325; Middle English bilooghe; equivalent to be- + low ¹

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of below¹

C14: bilooghe , from bi by + looghe low ¹

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Synonym Study

Below, under, beneath indicate position in some way lower than something else. Below implies being in a lower plane: below the horizon, the water line. Under implies being lower in a perpendicular line: The book is under the chair. Beneath may have a meaning similar to below, but more usually denotes being under so as to be covered, overhung, or overtopped: the pool beneath the falls.

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The aerial sentiment about environmental degradation below also artfully invokes individual human mortality, when just a slight pause precedes the final word.

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Above the canyons but still below the high forests, on the southern slopes.

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More than 40 people have since been charged with a variety of public order offences following the riot, with nine defendants below the age of 18.

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