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underneath preposition [ ʌndəˈniːθ ]

• situated directly below (something else).
• "our bedroom is right underneath theirs"
• so as to be concealed by (something else).
• "money changed hands underneath the table"

underneath adverb

• situated directly below something else.
• "there was plenty of storage room underneath"
• so as to be concealed by something else.
• "paint was peeling off in flakes to reveal greyish plaster underneath"

underneath noun

• the part or side of something facing towards the ground; the underside.
• "a wart on the underneath of his foot"
Origin: Old English underneothan ; compare with beneath.


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