UNDERLAIN Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

underlain

verb

past participle of underlie

as in supported

to lie underneath A layer of rock underlies the topsoil.

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as in grounded

to form the basis or foundation of (something, such as an idea) The assumption that underlies their argument is faulty.

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Council member Nancy Merrill, who supported the project as a private citizen before joining the council and voted in favor of the plan Tuesday, questioned why the proposal was rejected again.

— Noah Daly August 1, Idaho Statesman, 1 Aug. 2026
Under that effort, laboratory teams supported fuel design, probabilistic risk assessment, and regulatory engagement with the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of supported

Verb

Adding something fun to your at-home altar like an incense holder, a statue of Venus/Aphrodite, or evil eye decor to stay grounded within yourself and embrace your spiritual side this month.

— Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Aug. 2026
In the third inning, the Rockies erased Salvador Perez’s leadoff single as Massey grounded into a double play.

— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of grounded

Verb

Florida Crystals consistently rejected those criticisms, saying the company complied with environmental regulations, invested heavily in conservation and upheld labor standards.

— Luisa Yanez, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
Wilken found Cousins’ reasoning acceptable and thus upheld his order.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of upheld

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The fire has grown by only 2 acres since Monday, and fire lines are being established on the three fires that make up the Spokane Complex.

— Morgan Chesky, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2026
Officials reported Wednesday that firefighters had established containment lines around the perimeters of all three fires affecting Spokane and that they were focused on reinforcing those lines.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of established

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Trump carried Wisconsin in 2016, lost it in 2020 and then won it again in 2024.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026
Each would be carried by more than 1,000 newspapers (some, such as the Tribune for a time, carried both) and eventually each claimed 90 million daily readers worldwide.

— Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of carried

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The government program can still award broadband grants based on factors such as income, age, and disability.

— Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026
Indeed, in retrospect, the ruling at The Hague a decade ago was the harbinger of a new global order — one based not on rules, norms, and conventions but, increasingly, raw power wielded by the strong against the weak.

— Andy Browne, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of based

Verb

The experience reinforced her belief that the profession itself was never the problem.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Living and working across Southeast Asia reinforced early on in his career that there is no universal definition of exclusivity in luxury and what creates meaning for one guest may be entirely different for another.

— Jeetendr Sehdev, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of reinforced

Verb

So our business is not predicated on moving console players immediately over to cloud or getting people to get rid of their gaming PCs.

— Jennifer Maas, Variety, 23 July 2026
But Kane’s game was never predicated on speed, but rather his hockey IQ, his anticipation and his singular creativity that made him seemingly every great player’s favorite player growing up.

— Scott Powers, New York Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of predicated

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