adj
Meaning 1
Lying underneath.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Qualifier: literal
Examples
- We dug down to the underlying rock.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
underlying
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adj
Meaning 2
Basic or fundamental.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Implicit.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 5
present participle and gerund of underlie
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
in the nature of something though not readily apparent
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- shortcomings inherent in our approach
- an underlying meaning
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: implicit in(p), inherent
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 7
being or involving basic facts or principles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the fundamental laws of the universe
- a fundamental incomatibility between them
- these rudimentary truths
- underlying principles
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: fundamental, rudimentary
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 8
located beneath or below
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
By surface analysis, underlie + -ing.
Across languages
Translations
51 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разположен под (razpoložen pod) — lying underneath
- Catalan: subjacent — lying underneath
- Dutch: onderliggend — lying underneath
- Finnish: alla oleva — lying underneath
- Finnish: alapuolinen — lying underneath
- French: sous-jacent — lying underneath
- German: darunterliegend — lying underneath
- Greek: υποκείμενος (ypokeímenos) — lying underneath
- Hungarian: alatta/lejjebb lévő/fekvő/rejlő/húzódó/meghúzódó — lying underneath
- Italian: sottostante — lying underneath
- Latin: subiacens — lying underneath
- Spanish: subyacente — lying underneath
- Ottoman Turkish: آشاغی (aşağı) — lying underneath
- Bulgarian: основен (osnoven) — basic or fundamental
- Bulgarian: съществен (sǎštestven) — basic or fundamental
- Catalan: subjacent — basic or fundamental
- Chinese Mandarin: 根本 (gēnběn) — basic or fundamental
- Chinese Mandarin: 基本 (jīběn) — basic or fundamental
- Chinese Mandarin: 底層 /底层 (dǐcéng) — basic or fundamental
- Czech: základní — basic or fundamental
- Finnish: perus- — basic or fundamental
- Finnish: perustavanlaatuinen — basic or fundamental
- French: sous-jacent — basic or fundamental
- Georgian: ძირითადი (ʒiritadi) — basic or fundamental
- Greek: θεμελιώδης (themeliódis) — basic or fundamental
- Hungarian: alapvető — basic or fundamental
- Hungarian: elemi — basic or fundamental
- Hungarian: alapjául szolgáló — basic or fundamental
- Italian: basilare — basic or fundamental
- Italian: fondamentale — basic or fundamental
- Latin: fundamentalis — basic or fundamental
- Latin: substantialis — basic or fundamental
- Swedish: underliggande — basic or fundamental
- Bulgarian: скрит (skrit) — implicit
- Bulgarian: неясен (nejasen) — implicit
- Catalan: subjacent — implicit
- Chinese Mandarin: 隱含 /隐含 (yǐnhán) — implicit
- Danish: underliggende — implicit
- Dutch: achterliggend — implicit
- French: sous-jacent — implicit
- German: implizit — implicit
- Hungarian: mögöttes — implicit
- Hungarian: mögötte meghúzódó — implicit
- Hungarian: hátterében álló — implicit
- Italian: implicito — implicit
- Portuguese: implícito — implicit
- Portuguese: subjacente — implicit
- Spanish: subyacente — implicit
- Spanish: implícito — implicit
- Spanish: agazapado — implicit
- Swedish: underliggande — implicit
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