below

[ bih-loh ]

/ bɪˈloʊ /

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adverb

in or toward a lower place: Look out below!

on, in, or toward a lower level, as a lower deck of a ship: The captain of the ship went below.

beneath the surface of the water: Divers were sent below to view the wreck.

on earth: the fate of creatures here below.

in hell or the infernal regions.

at a later point on a page or in a text: See the illustration below. Compare above(def 5).

in a lower rank or grade: He was demoted to the class below.

under zero on the temperature scale: The temperature in Buffalo was ten below this morning.

Theater. downstage. Compare above(def 8).

Zoology. on the lower or ventral side.

preposition

lower down than: below the knee.

lower in rank, degree, amount, rate, etc., than: below cost; below freezing.

too low or undignified to be worthy of; beneath: He considered such an action below his notice.

Theater. downstage of: There are two chairs below the table.

Origin of below

1275–1325; Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to bi- by (see be-) + looghe low¹

synonym study for below

11. Below, under, beneath indicate position in some way lower than something else. Below implies being in a lower plane: below the horizon, the water line. Under implies being lower in a perpendicular line: The book is under the chair. Beneath may have a meaning similar to below, but more usually denotes being under so as to be covered, overhung, or overtopped: the pool beneath the falls.

Words nearby below

belorussian, belostok, belote, beloved, belovo, below, below par, below stairs, below the belt, hit, below the line, below-the-line

Example sentences from the Web for below

Not quite, but at one point the temperature registered 29 below zero, with 21 inches of snow.

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When I saw the fire in the restaurant, I ran down to the floor below, where I was trapped between flames above and below.

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Much more common is the African American lesbian couple in the Deep South raising children at or below the poverty line.

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But below the surfaces of many of his films, rude, angry sex simmered; cool, icy blondes were tied up, handcuffed, humiliated.

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It seeps up into the city from below, through even the smallest cracks and drains.

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Then I was conducted to the boilers, a row of ten, sunk underground in the solid rock, below the level of the shrubbery.

A Month in Yorkshire |Walter White
Karl, sure enough, was strolling about below and allowing the boys and girls to admire him.

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Below the fort, was a ruinous mill, in a gloomy dell, through which the river wended its silent course.

An Englishman's Travels in America |John Benwell
But at the top he halted, as if it seemed he knew what was below, and waited for their wonder.

Country Neighbors |Alice Brown
Steering was done from the cockpit, under shelter of an awning, but the engine control was below.

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British Dictionary definitions for below

below

/ (bɪˈləʊ) /

preposition

at or to a position lower than; under

less than in quantity or degree

south of

downstream of

unworthy of; beneath

adverb

at or to a lower position or place

at a later place (in something written) see below

archaic beneath heaven; on earth or in hell

Word Origin for below

C14: bilooghe, from bi by + looghe low 1

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