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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.
  • 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.
  • So Hegel carefully distinguishes between the underlying principles of the Persian and the Roman empires.
  • For a classical story ballet to truly be a fulfilling experience, the movements have to reveal character; they need to have an underlying motivation.
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