underlie

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• UK: /ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ/
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• US: /ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ/
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• Australian: /ˌan.dəˈlɑɪ/
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From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underliċġan (“to underlie, to be subject to, give way to”), equivalent to under- + lie. Cognate with Dutch onderliggen (“to lie below, lie on the bottom of”), German unterliegen (“to lie under, be subject to, succumb”).

15 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: стоя в основата на (stoja v osnovata na) — to serve as a basis of
• Chinese Mandarin: 构成基础 — to serve as a basis of
• Dutch: ten grondslag liggen aan — to serve as a basis of
• Finnish: olla perustana — to serve as a basis of
• French: sous-tendre — to serve as a basis of
• German: zugrunde liegen — to serve as a basis of
• Indonesian: mendasari — to serve as a basis of
• Indonesian: melandasi — to serve as a basis of
• Japanese: 基礎となる (kiso to naru) — to serve as a basis of
• Portuguese: fundamentar — to serve as a basis of
• Portuguese: basear — to serve as a basis of
• Portuguese: embasar — to serve as a basis of
• Portuguese: sustentar — to serve as a basis of
• Portuguese: subjazer — to serve as a basis of
• Spanish: subyacer — to serve as a basis of