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[ US /ˌəndɝˈɫaɪɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ˌʌndəlˈa‍ɪɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. in the nature of something though not readily apparent
    an underlying meaning
    shortcomings inherent in our approach
  2. being or involving basic facts or principles
    a fundamental incompatibility between them
    the fundamental laws of the universe
    underlying principles
    these rudimentary truths
  3. located beneath or below

How To Use underlying In A Sentence

  • The currency fund can be leveraged up to five times the value of its underlying assets.
  • But the underlying cause of last week's yo-yo-ing on the markets was the long-awaited shake-out of the over-valued internet companies.
  • Once the more resistant gently dipping rocks of the Cotswolds have been removed, the underlying softer beds are easily eroded, so the Jurassic escarpments to the east of the Vales of Evesham and Gloucester retreated through time.
  • So, for instance, fissures in the underlying bedrock or a man-made trench or pit will often fill with soils and matter that have greater moisture retention and more nutrients than the surrounding, undisturbed subsoil.
  • Object Relational Mapping was created to abstract details of the underlying database from the Java object model.
  • The principles underlying political speech apply in the Internet context just as easily as they did when parchment was all the rage.
  • The photographs of black cotton pickers, including young children, are reminders of the harsh reality underlying the glory.
  • Underlying all decisions about subcontracting is the desire to make the entire project profitable.
  • They are sensitive to the sense of struggle and resignation in this dramatic movement and their rubato, though fluid, never damages the integrity of the underlying pulse.
  • The musical instruments symbolize an underlying harmony behind nature's powers, to which the successful alchemist must himself be attuned.
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