below
Part of speech: prep
adv
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: nautical
transport
Etymology: From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”).
Base: low
Affixes: be-
Inflected forms:
Senses:
gloss: Lower in spatial position than.
pos: prep
examples: One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
The treasure is buried two meters below the surface.
The marmalade is on the shelf below the bread.
gloss: Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.
pos: prep
examples: one degree below kings
Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.
The temperature is below zero.
Liverpool are below Manchester City in the Premier League.
gloss: Downstream of.
pos: prep
examples: The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.
gloss: South of.
pos: prep
examples: Sudan is below Egypt.
gloss: Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
pos: prep
examples: They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, […] how below all history the persons and their actions were.
who thinks no fact below his regard
Such petty behavior is below me.
gloss: Downstage of.
pos: prep
examples: Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.
gloss: In or to a lower place.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.
He was pulled below by a sea monster.
But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection.
[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].
gloss: In or to a lower place.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: She lives below, on the ground floor.
gloss: In or to a lower place.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: The captain went below to inspect the engine.
the landlubbers lying down below
gloss: Later in the same text.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: This point is explained below.
By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below.
gloss: Below zero.
pos: adv
tags: not-comparable
examples: It was forty degrees below.
Synonyms: under
beneath
underneath
Antonyms: above
over
upstream
aloft
overhead
up
upstairs
upwards
Derived words: bag below one's eye
bag below the eye
below the law
below the mahogany
below the belt
below average
below decks
belowdecks
below ground
belowground
belowness
below par
below-stairs
below stairs
belowstairs
below the breadline
below the fold
below the gangway
below the line
below the radar
below the salt
below the surface
come from below
cut below
down below
fall below
go below
here below
hereinbelow
hit below one's weight
keep one's head below the parapet
macron below
punch below one's weight
scratch below the surface
send below
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Translations:
lang: Arabic
word: أَقَل
roman: ʔaqal
lang: Arabic
word: أقل
roman: ʔaʔal
lang: Armenian
word: ցածր
roman: cʻacr
lang: Bulgarian
word: под
roman: pod
lang: Czech
word: pod
lang: Dutch
word: onder
lang: Esperanto
word: sub
lang: Esperanto
word: malpli ol
lang: Estonian
word: alla
lang: Finnish
word: alle
lang: Finnish
word: ala
lang: Finnish
word: alapuolella
lang: Finnish
word: halvempi
lang: Greek
word: κάτω
roman: káto
lang: Greek
word: υπό
roman: ypó
lang: Hebrew
word: מתחת
roman: mitakhat
lang: Hungarian
word: alatt
lang: Irish
word: níos lú
lang: Macedonian
word: под
roman: pod
lang: Portuguese
word: abaixo de
lang: Portuguese
word: menos de
lang: Portuguese
word: menos que
lang: Russian
word: ни́же
roman: níže
lang: Scots
word: aneath
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: fo
lang: Slovak
word: pod
lang: Swedish
word: under
lang: Ukrainian
word: нижче
roman: nyžče
lang: Aklanon
word: ubos
lang: Armenian
word: ցած
roman: cʻac
lang: Bulgarian
word: отдолу
roman: otdolu
lang: Catalan
word: sota
lang: Cebuano
word: ubos
lang: Chichewa
word: pansi
lang: Dutch
word: beneden
lang: Esperanto
word: malsupre
lang: Estonian
word: allpool
lang: Finnish
word: alempana
lang: French
word: en bas
lang: German
word: unten
lang: German
word: darunter
lang: German
word: unterhalb
lang: Haitian Creole
word: anba
lang: Hindi
word: नीचे
roman: nīce
lang: Hungarian
word: lent
lang: Irish
word: laistíos
lang: Irish
word: thíos
lang: Italian
word: sotto
lang: Javanese
word: ngisor
lang: Latin
word: infrā
lang: Lombard
word: sott
lang: Mansaka
word: baba
lang: Marathi
word: खाली
roman: khālī
lang: Mauritian Creole
word: anba
lang: Portuguese
word: embaixo
lang: Portuguese
word: em baixo
lang: Punjabi
word: ਥੱਲੇ
roman: thalle
lang: Punjabi
word: ਹੇਠ
roman: heṭh
lang: Russian
word: внизу́
roman: vnizú
lang: Slovak
word: nižšie
lang: Lower Sorbian
word: dołojce
lang: Spanish
word: abajo
lang: Swahili
word: chini
lang: Swedish
word: nedan
lang: Tumbuka
word: pasi
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: آشاغی
roman: aşağı
lang: Urdu
word: نیچے
roman: nīce
lang: Welsh
word: isod
lang: Yiddish
word: אונטן
roman: untn