under 1 of 3

as in beneath
in a lower position than the cat is hiding under the bed

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under

2 of 3

adverb

as in underneath
in or to a lower place crouch down under where they won't see you

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under

3 of 3

adjective

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Recent Examples of under
Preposition
The Arizona Cardinals will continue to have Jacoby Brissett play under center — at least for the next four weeks. Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2025 Johnston wrote that the Bright Futures Fund was brought into the diocesan accounting system and was under the regular oversight of its finance office. Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 6 Nov. 2025
Adverb
No under-extrusion occurred despite the filament’s softness. PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025 In a city like Tijuana, where law enforcement is already under-resourced and outgunned, this new aerial threat tilts the balance even further toward the cartels. Tania Navarro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Phones, however, only place third in Pew’s list of devices that parents report 12-and-under kids ever using or interacting with. Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 8 Oct. 2025 Or consider shortening your get-ready time in the morning with our preferred hot air brush and the sheer concealer that brightens under-eyes. Madison Yauger, PEOPLE, 6 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for under
Recent Examples of Synonyms for under
Preposition
  • The ground of the cemetery opens up beneath them, and specters rise into the air.
    Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Hit play on the player below to hear the podcast and follow along with the transcript beneath it.
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
Adverb
  • Bodysuits, oversize blazers worn as dresses, and sheer fabrics that reveal the lingerie underneath are all common sights.
    Julie Beck, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Directly underneath lies an open-air beach club with fold-down platforms that open to create roughly 645 square feet of space suspended above the water.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • To fully appreciate this achievement, just look at the below breakdown of his goal threat (well, lack of it) before Saturday’s match.
    Simon Johnson, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In the below interview, Lockhart dives further into differentiating the stories, connecting the dots with very specific references to both books set on Beechwood Island, and where the hope lies in her newest novel, now out in bookstores.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • And ultimately, the Supreme Court overruled those lower court rulings and did declare the embryos as children qualifying under the wrongful death statute.
    Dana Taylor, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2024
  • Lower gas demand amid increasing supply has led to lower pump prices.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 19 June 2023
Adjective
  • The team will be without star quarterback Jayden Daniels, who is out with a low-grade hamstring strain.
    Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • His first symptoms manifested in low-grade fevers and transient abnormal myelopoiesis (TAM), a rash that affects some infants with Down syndrome, per the National Cancer Institute.
    Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • They were upset by both the Giants in Week 4, when he was limited to 10 snaps, and the Commanders in Week 5 (to say nothing of their narrow Week 6 win over the lowly Dolphins or their 38-24 loss to the Colts in Week 7).
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Mainstream society, generally intent on grooming doctors, lawyers, accountants, scientists, engineers, and computer coders, perceived a student learning a working-class skilled trade as somehow lowly, poorly compensated, a second-class citizen.
    Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • The Second Division table showed Glossop were bottom at the time and Arsenal top, and the big crowd cramming into the small ground in the Derbyshire hills expected to see — and did see — the visitors dominate and score freely.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
  • Rita, meanwhile, matched her husband in a black dress with intricate draping on the bottom half.
    Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • Sauls confirms the hacksaw kill — where Art sawed someone in half from her nether regions — will appear, along with new kills that resulted from working with director Damien Leone.
    EW.com, EW.com, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Glycerin is a sugar alcohol that can serve as fuel for the microbes in your nether regions, in particular yeast.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 3 June 2025

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“Under.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/under. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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