under
English
Etymology
From Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér (“under”) and *n̥tér (“inside”). Akin to Old High German untar (“under”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈʌndə(ɹ)/, [ˈɐn.də(ɹ)]
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Audio (US): (file)
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Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ʌndə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: un‧der
Preposition
under
- In or at a lower level than.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess[1]:
- Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.
- 2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28:
- Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale. […] Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- As a subject of; subordinate to.
- 2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport[2]:
- He was then denied by a magnificent tackle from captain Terry as Liverpool continued to press - but Chelsea survived as the memories of the nightmare under Villas-Boas faded even further into the background.
- 2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian[3]:
- Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.
- He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.
- Less than.
- Below the surface of.
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [4]
- England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.
- to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [4]
- As, in the character of.
- 2013, The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author [5]
- J.K. Rowling has written a crime novel called 'The Cuckoo's Calling' under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
- he writes books under the name John Smith
- 2013, The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author [5]
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Adverb
under (not comparable)
- In a way lower or less than.
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- In a way inferior to.
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- (informal) In an unconscious state.
- It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
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Translations
Adjective
under (comparative more under, superlative most under)
- Being lower; being beneath something.
- Bible, 1 Corinthians ix. 27
- I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.
- (Can we date this quote by Moore and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain / Could not bring his proud soul under.
- 1835, J G. Peters, A treatise on equitation, or the art of horsemanship, page 179:
- The advantages he gains are of double security to him ; first, by the support of his haunches, being at all times more under than before, he learns to be more active with his hind-quarters
- 1908, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, The American golfer, volumes 1-2, page 10:
- If you allow the right hand to turn under more than the left, a pull will result, and if the left is more under than the right, a sliced ball will surely follow.
- 2009, Doris Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, page 30:
- The waves are so steep, they crash so fast and furious I'm more under than up.
- Bible, 1 Corinthians ix. 27
- (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
- Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.
Derived terms
References
- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
Anagrams
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.
Pronunciation
Adverb
under
Preposition
under
Etymology 2
From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).
Pronunciation
Noun
under n (singular definite underet, plural indefinite undere)
Inflection
Etymology 3
Short form of any compound with the preposition under.
Pronunciation
Noun
under c (singular definite underen, plural indefinite undere)
- bottom (part)
Inflection
Latin
Verb
(deprecated template usage) under
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.
Preposition
under
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).
Noun
under n (definite singular underet or undret, indefinite plural under or undere or undre, definite plural undera or underne or undra or undrene)
Derived terms
References
- “under” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under. Akin to English under.
Preposition
under
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”). Akin to English wonder.
Noun
under n (definite singular underet, indefinite plural under, definite plural undera)
Derived terms
References
- “under” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *under. Compare Old Saxon undar, Old High German untar.
Pronunciation
Preposition
under
Descendants
- English: under
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą.
Noun
under n
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: under
Swedish
Pronunciation
audio: (file)
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish undir, from Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.
Preposition
under
- under; below; beneath
- during, at the same time as
- Under lektionen pratade de hela tiden
- During the lesson, they talked all the time
- Under lektionen pratade de hela tiden
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish under, from Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wen- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).
Noun
under n
Declension
Declension of under | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | under | undret | under | undren |
Genitive | unders | undrets | unders | undrens |
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