under
preposition
[ ˈʌndə ]
• extending or directly below.
• "vast stores of gas under the North Sea"
• at a lower level than.
• "the room under his study"
• lower than (a specified amount, rate, norm, or age).
• "they averaged just under 2.8 per cent"
Similar:
less than,
lower than,
smaller than,
not so much as,
not as much as,
below,
shy of,
Opposite:
more than,
over,
• controlled, managed, or governed by.
• "the province is now under martial law"
• undergoing (a process).
• "under construction"
Similar:
undergoing,
in the process of,
receiving,
under
adverb
• extending or directly below something.
• "weaving the body through the crossbars, over and under, over and under"
• under water.
• "he was floating for some time but suddenly went under"
Origin:
Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch onder and German unter .
under-
prefix
• below; beneath.
• "underclothes"
• insufficiently; incompletely.
• "undernourished"
