below
About 105.81 uses per million words.
Meaning
- preposition Lower in spatial position than.
The treasure is buried two meters below the surface.
- preposition Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.
The temperature is below zero.
- preposition Downstream of.
The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.
- preposition South of.
Sudan is below Egypt.
- preposition Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
Such petty behavior is below me.
- preposition Downstage of.
- adverb In or to a lower place.
The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.
- adverb On or to a lower storey.
She lives below, on the ground floor.
Similar words
beneath under downstairs infra at a lower place down the stairs on a lower floor to a lower place underneath underside
Often followed by
the and that it a are is this in
Word family
belows
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