underground

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

under +‎ ground

[edit] Adjective

underground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)

Positive
underground

Comparative
more underground

Superlative
most underground

  1. (not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
    There is an underground tunnel that takes you across the river.
  2. Hidden, furtive, secretive.
    These criminals operate through an underground network.
  3. Of music, art, etc, outside the mainstream.

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[edit] Adverb

underground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)

Positive
underground

Comparative
more underground

Superlative
most underground

  1. Below the ground.
    The tunnel goes underground at this point.
  2. Secretly.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
underground

Plural
undergrounds

underground (plural undergrounds)

  1. (chiefly British) An underground railway.
  2. (with the) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.
  3. (with the) A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.

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  • (underground railway): metro, métro (the underground railway of Paris), subway (US), Tube (British - the underground railway of London)
  • (movement or organisation of people who resist political convention): resistance
  • (movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention): avant-garde, counter-culture

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underground railway See underground railway

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /œ̃.dɛʁ.ɡʁawnd/, SAMPA: /9~.dER.gRawnd/

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Singular Plural
Masculine underground
IPA: /œ̃.dɛʁ.ɡʁawnd/
underground
IPA: /œ̃.dɛʁ.ɡʁawnd/
Feminine underground
IPA: /œ̃.dɛʁ.ɡʁawnd/
underground
IPA: /œ̃.dɛʁ.ɡʁawnd/

underground

  1. underground (outside the mainstream)

[edit] Noun

l'underground m

  1. the underground (people who resist artistic convention)

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

l'underground m

  1. the underground (people who resist artistic convention)