beneath en · ADP
Pronunciation
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- /bɪˈniːθ/
Etymology
From Middle English benethe, from Old English bineoþan (“beneath, under, below”), equivalent to be- + neath. Cognate with Low German benedden (“beneath”), Dutch beneden (“beneath, under, down”), obsolete German benieden (“below”).
Meanings
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Below.
Here, in the transept and choir, where the service was being held, one was conscious every moment of an increasing brightness; colours glowing vividly beneath the circular chandeliers, and the rows of small lights on the choristers' desks flashed and sparkled in front of the boys' faces, deep linen collars, and red neckbands.
1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter V, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:1718, Alexander Pope, epitaph to Nicholas Rowe Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.
Our country sinks beneath the yoke.
c. 1606 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
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In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.
Their despicable behaviour is beneath contempt.
He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.
a.''' 1730, Francis Atterbury, in The Grub-Street Journal, Volume 1
- Covered up or concealed by something.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| beneathe | alternative | lexicographic | |
| neath | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
bag beneath the eye · bag beneath one's eye · beneathness · beneath contempt · beneath the hood · beneath the surface
Translations (45)
ga faoi bhun (below) · pt embaixo de (below) · gd fo (below) · nl onder (to a lower position) · ro sub (below) · fr sous (below) · grc ὑπό (below) · fi alla (below) · uk під (below) · fi alla (concealed or covered up) · tl pumailalim sa (to a lower position) · cs pod (below) · hu alatt (concealed or covered up) · es bajo de (below) · sh pokriven (concealed or covered up) · hy տակ (below) · ru ни́же (to a lower position) · sh pod (below) · ro dedesubt (below) · sco aneath (below) · es abajo de (below) · fi alapuolelle (to a lower position) · sh ispod (below) · de unter (to a lower position) · la sub (below) · ru под (below) · fi alle (to a lower position) · uk ни́жче (to a lower position) · nl onder (below) · fi alapuolella (below) · tl napailalim sa (concealed or covered up) · arz تحت (below) · ar أَسْفَل (below) · no under (below) · hu alatt (below) · ca sota (below) · eo sub (below) · tl sa ilalim ng (below) · mr खाली (below) · de unter (below) · bg под (below) · hu alá (below) · nl onder (concealed or covered up) · bg отдолу (below) · sh naniže (to a lower position)