Meaning & use

under

preposition·Everyday

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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