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under

Noun CEFR A1 Common
ˈʌndə

Definitions

  1. Beneath; below; at or to the bottom of, or the area covered or surmounted by
  2. It intensifies the qualities, usually negative, of the substantive or adjective to the that modifies.
  3. The amount by which an actual total is less than the expected or required amount.
  4. Below the surface of
  5. Low, under.
  6. Something having a particular property that is low or too low.
  7. Having gotten free of worries or difficulties: Credit counseling helped us get out from under.
  8. From one side of to the other, passing beneath
  9. Use to stop the horses.
  10. A bet that a particular sporting statistic, such as points scored in a game, will be below a certain stated value.
  11. a prefixal use of under, as to indicate place or situation below or beneath (underbrush; undertow); lower in grade or dignity (undersheriff; understudy); of lesser degree, extent, or amount (undersized); or insufficiency (underfeed).
  12. Less than
  13. in or to a lower position, rank etc. The swimmer surfaced and went under again; children aged seven and under. onder, laer تَحْت الشَّيء в, на abaixo dolů, méně unter under κάτω, σε χαμηλότερη θέση abajo; por debajo alla, vähem kui به پائین alle sous, au-dessous מִתַחַת לְ-, פָּחוֹת מְ- निम्न स्थान manje, niže alá (pl. alámerül); ... és annál fiatalabb di bawahnya í kaf/undir ákveðnum aldri sotto 下に (위치, 지위 등) 아래에 žemyn; mažiau septiņus gadus veci un jaunāki bērni ke bawah onder, naar beneden...
  14. Subject to
  15. In a lower position or place than: a rug under a chair.
  16. Beneath the surface of: under the ground; swam under water.
  17. Beneath the assumed surface or guise of: traveled under a false name.
  18. Less than; smaller than: The jar's capacity is under three quarts.
  19. Less than the required amount or degree of: under voting age.
  20. Inferior to in status or rank: nine officers under me at headquarters.
  21. Subject to the authority, rule, or control of: under a dictatorship.

Equivalents

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Afrikaansonder
العربيةتحت
Azərbaycan dilialtında
Беларускаяпад
Българскипод
বাংলানিচে
Catalàdavallsota
Češtinapoď
Cymraegdântân
Danskunder
Ελληνικάυπό
Esperantomalsupresub
Eestiall
فارسیتحتزیر
Gaeilgefaoi
עבריתתחת
Magyaralattlent
Հայերեններքոտակ
Bahasa Indonesiabawahdi bawah
Íslenskaundir
Italianosotto
ქართულიქვეშ
ភាសាខ្មែរក្រោមខាងក្រោម
Kurdîbajodanneposotan
ລາວໃຕ້
Lietuviųpo
Latviešuzem
Te Reo Māoriraro
Македонскипод
Монголдоош
Bahasa Melayubawahdi bawah
Maltitaħt
မြန်မာအောက်
Nederlandsminder danonder
Românăsub
සිංහලයට
Slovenčinapod
Slovenščinapod
Shqipnenen
Tagalogibaba
Türkçealtaltında
Українськапід
Tiếng Việtduối
Yorùbálabẹ

Examples

“[…] standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders.”
“I went fishing but caught nothing but unders.”
Usually I am at least ten over on that course, but I have shot a couple of unders.”

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.
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