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[ bih-loh ] SHOW IPA
/ bɪˈloʊ / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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.
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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 , belowdecks, belowground, below par, below stairs, below the belt, hit
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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.
Pelle the Conqueror, Complete | Martin Anderson Nexo
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 .
The Adventure Club Afloat | Ralph Henry Barbour
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British Dictionary definitions for below preposition at or to a position lower than; under
less than in quantity or degree
south of
downstream of
SEE MORE SEE LESS 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
SEE MORE SEE LESS Word Origin for below C14: bilooghe , from bi by + looghe low 1
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