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