/ˈʌndə/
Translation
In or to a lower place than something, or covered by it.
Word origin
From Old English under, meaning below or beneath, a word shared across the old Germanic languages.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- under
Examples
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"Under" shows the cat is below the table.
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"Under" shows the lower place where the box went.
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"Under" shows the tree was above and over us.
Used in
Stories
(14)The Phone Call
3 min read · Core 1000
The Surprise Party
3 min read · Core 1000
One Sheep Short
4 min read · Core 5000
The Broken Window
4 min read · Core 5000
The Clock in the Hall
4 min read · Core 5000
The Letter She Never Sent
4 min read · Core 5000
The Box in the Wood
5 min read · Core 5000
The First Letter
5 min read · Core 5000
The Register
5 min read · Core 5000
The Suggestion Box
5 min read · Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
Two Tickets to Paris
5 min read · Core 5000
The Last Light
8 min read · Core 5000
Grammar articles
(13)Adverb position in English: before the verb, after be, and the just, still and already traps
British vs American grammar: have got, gotten, the team are, and the other quiet differences
Compound nouns in English: car park, coffee cup, and why GREENhouse is not green HOUSE
Conditional sentences in English: the four types explained
Discourse markers in English: well, anyway, actually, mind you and by the way
Emphasis in English: I do like it, my own, the very, and how to push back
Hedging and vague language in English: sort of, a bit, -ish, stuff and or so
Inversion and word order in English: the subject-verb-object spine and when it flips
Past continuous tense: was and were plus -ing, and when to use it instead of the past simple
Past modals in English: should have, could have, must have and might have
Prepositions in English: place, time and movement explained
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
Word formation with prefixes: un-, in-, im-, dis-, re-, over-, under- and mis-
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