Meaning & use
under
In or to a position directly below something else.
See it in a sentence
The cat hid under the bed whenever the vacuum cleaner turned on.
She tucked the letter under the door before anyone noticed she had left.
A note on using this word
Under can also mean 'less than' in the context of numbers or age, as in 'children under twelve get in free'.
Words with a similar meaning
beneathbelow
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Words with an opposite meaning
overabove
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