[
UK
/ˈʌndɐ/
]
[ US /ˈəndɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈəndɝ/ ]
ADVERB
-
in or into a state of subordination or subjugation
we must keep our disappointment under -
further down
see under for further discussion -
below some quantity or limit
fifty dollars or under -
down to defeat, death, or ruin
their competitors went under -
down below
get under quickly! -
through a range downward
children six and under will be admitted free -
below the horizon
the sun went under -
into unconsciousness
this will put the patient under
ADJECTIVE
-
lower in rank, power, or authority
an under secretary -
located below or beneath something else
nether garments
the under parts of a machine
How To Use under In A Sentence
- Luckily, I have a very understanding boss.
- It is recognised as a crime against humanity under international law.
- Would reverse flow undergravel filtration be better?
- Gone was the prim nodus; instead her long hair was parted in the center and allowed to fall loose under a veil, in a deliberate echo of the statuary poses of classical goddesses. Caesars’ Wives
- As I did at FIAC, I selected 18 galleries and asked their most anglophonic expert to pick an image and talk about it for under two minutes. Michael Kurcfeld: Doing Shots: The Old and the New at Paris Photo 2011 (VIDEO)
- The aerobrake - a huge, convex disc underneath the spacecraft - was producing friction with the Martian atmosphere.
- You see that you're undershooting and so, leaving the throttle as is, you attempt to flatten your descent path by lifting the nose a bit - and you enter the region of reverse command.
- The new taxon is named Gamerabaena, and the authors note, under etymology, "'Gamera refers to the fictional, firebreathing turtle from the 1965 movie Gamera, in allusion to his fire-breathing capabilities and the Hell Creek Formation ... "Look at everything around us. Look at everything we've done."
- Oh, poof! You do not understand a little soldierly enthusiasm.
- And I feel hopelessly undereducated, with all the MAs around me.