under

/ɐn⁵⁵ taː³⁵/

/ɐn⁵⁵ taː³⁵/


under

我記憶中，Alan Yeung冇under過我。 [Cantonese, trad.]
我记忆中，Alan Yeung冇under过我。 [Cantonese, simp.]
ngo⁵ gei³ jik¹ zung¹, Alan Yeung mou⁵ an¹ daa⁴ gwo³ ngo⁵. [Jyutping]

2019 June 10, 梁智勇 [Leung Chi Yung, Ronald], “2019年6月10日的聆訊紀錄本 [Transcript of the Hearing held on 10 June 2019]”, in 沙田至中環線項目紅磡站擴建部分及其鄰近的建造工程調查委員會 (前稱沙田至中環線項目紅磡站擴建部分的連續牆及月台層板建造工程調查委員會) [Commission of Inquiry into the Construction Works at and near the Hung Hom Station Extension under the Shatin to Central Link Project (formerly Commission of Inquiry into the Diaphragm Wall and Platform Slab Construction Works at the Hung Hom Station Extension under the Shatin to Central Link Project)], page 6

In my memory, Alan Yeung has never worked under me.

(Hong Kong Cantonese) to be under; to be subordinate to

(Hong Kong Cantonese, photography) to underexpose

/ɐn⁵⁵ taː²¹/

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under

From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under, cognate with English under, German unter.


under

head

under n (singular definite underet, plural indefinite undere)

underet (definite singular)
undere (indefinite plural)
under (indefinite nominative singular)
underet (definite nominative singular)
undere (indefinite nominative plural)
underne (definite nominative plural)
unders (genitive indefinite singular)
underets (definite genitive singular)
underes (genitive indefinite plural)
undernes (definite genitive plural)

From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, cognate with English wonder, German Wunder.


under

under c (singular definite underen, plural indefinite undere)

underen (definite singular)
undere (indefinite plural)
under (indefinite nominative singular)
underen (definite nominative singular)
undere (indefinite nominative plural)
underne (definite nominative plural)
unders (genitive indefinite singular)
underens (definite genitive singular)
underes (genitive indefinite plural)
undernes (definite genitive plural)


under

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.


under

We found some shade under a tree.

About £10,000 was stuffed under the mattress.

There is nothing new under the sun.

There is an oil leak under the car.

Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.[…]Rock-filled torrents smashed vehicles and homes, burying victims under rubble and sludge.

2013 June 29, “High and wet”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, page 28

At the bottom of or in the area covered or surmounted by.

The crocodile lurked just under the water.

I crawled under the fence.

There is a tunnel under the English Channel.

From one side of to the other, passing beneath.

Interest rates are now under 1%.

We can get there in under an hour.

He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.

During the pandemic, we had to live under severe restrictions.

Under the law and concession agreement with other parties, the private company must pay taxes in time and on a right amount.

There is general agreement that his military forces were organized into six divisions. They were stationed at the following places: at Ti-hua under the command of Liu Hsi-tsen, at T'a-ch'eng under Chiang Sung-lin, at Ili under Niu Shih, at A-shan under Wei Chen-kuo, at A-k'o-su under Chang Tzu-t'ing, and at Ko-shih-ko-erh (Kashgar) nominally under Tsou-ying, but in reality under Chin's brother, Chin Shu-chih.

1987, Arthur C. Hasiotis, Jr., Soviet Political, Economic, and Military Involvement in Sinkiang from 1928 to 1949, Garland Publishing, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 62

He was then denied by a magnificent tackle from captain Terry as Liverpool continued to press - but Chelsea survived as the memories of the nightmare under Villas-Boas faded even further into the background.

2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport

Dati launched a blistering attack on the prime minister, François Fillon, under whom she served as justice minister, accusing him of sexism, elitism, arrogance and hindering the political advancement of ethnic minorities.

2011 December 14, Angelique Chrisafis, “Rachida Dati accuses French PM of sexism and elitism”, in Guardian

Subordinate to; subject to the control of; in accordance with; in compliance with.

File this under "i" for "ignore".

Within the category, classification or heading of.

England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.

2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France

to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation

(figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).

J.K. Rowling has written a crime novel called 'The Cuckoo's Calling' under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.

2013, The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author

He writes books under the name John Smith.

She now lives under a new identity.

Using or adopting (a name, identity, etc.).

genitive case + འོག་ལ ('og la) (as postposition)

From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Akin to Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).


under

pulled under by the currents

weighed under by worry

The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain / Could not bring his proud soul under.

In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.

There's quite a gap, so you may be able to sneak under.

The plants were underwatered.

Women are under-represented.

It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.

(informal) In or into an unconscious state.


under

This treatment protects the under portion of the car from rust.

(in compounds) underbelly, underside, undershirt, undersecretary

The advantages he gains are of double security to him ; first, by the support of his haunches, being at all times more under than before, he learns to be more active with his hind-quarters

1835, J G. Peters, A treatise on equitation, or the art of horsemanship, page 179

If you allow the right hand to turn under more than the left, a pull will result, and if the left is more under than the right, a sliced ball will surely follow.

1908, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles, The American golfer, volumes 1-2, page 10

The waves are so steep, they crash so fast and furious I'm more under than up.

2009, Doris Lessing, Briefing for a Descent Into Hell, page 30

The army could not keep the people under.

When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; but the troops left us a legacy of "mahogany flats," with which their beds were so swarming that we never got them under.

1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer, page 45

In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.

Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.

(medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.

This chicken is a bit under. (insufficiently cooked)

This bag of apples feels under. (of insufficient weight)

My pay packet last week was £10 under. (of insufficient monetary amount)

(informal) Insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.

The COVID-19 epidemic and shutdown took some businesses under.

Big-box store and online retailing have driven many specialty and local retail stores under.

en-adj

under (comparative more under, superlative most under)

more under (comparative)
most under (superlative)

cut the ground from under someone's feet

one can't carry two watermelons under one arm


under

[…] standard cash count forms used to record the count and any overs or unders.

2008, G. Puttick, Sandy van Esch, The Principles and Practice of Auditing, page 609

The amount by which an actual total is less than the expected or required amount.


under

first-person singular present passive subjunctive of undō


under

English: under

Scots: unner

Yola: unnere

From Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under.


under

From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.


under

head

under n (definite singular underet or undret, indefinite plural under or undere or undre, definite plural undera or underne or undra or undrene)

underet (definite singular)
undret (definite singular)
under (indefinite plural)
undere (indefinite plural)
undre (indefinite plural)
undera (definite plural)
underne (definite plural)
undra (definite plural)
undrene (definite plural)

From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).


under

From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under. Akin to English under.


under

underet (definite singular)
under (indefinite plural)
undera (definite plural)

From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”). Akin to English wonder.


under

desctree

Middle English: under, vnder, onder
English: under
Scots: unner
Yola: unnere

From Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under. Compare Old Saxon undar, Old High German untar.


under

gmq-osw-decl-blank-full

undr

neuter
undr (indefinite nominative singular)
undrit (definite nominative singular)
undr (indefinite nominative plural)
undrin (definite nominative plural)
undr (accusative indefinite singular)
undrit (accusative definite singular)
undr (accusative indefinite plural)
undrin (accusative definite plural)
undri (dative indefinite singular)
undre (dative indefinite singular)
undrinu (dative definite singular)
undreno (dative definite singular)
undrum (dative indefinite plural)
undrom (dative indefinite plural)
undrumin (dative definite plural)
undromen (dative definite plural)
undrs (genitive indefinite singular)
undrsins (definite genitive singular)
undra (genitive indefinite plural)
undranna (definite genitive plural)

Swedish: under

From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą.


under

desctree

Proto-West Germanic: *undar
Old English: under
Middle English: under, vnder, onder
English: under
Scots: unner
Yola: unnere
Old Frisian: under
North Frisian: öner
Saterland Frisian: unner
West Frisian: ûnder
Old Saxon: undar
Middle Low German: under, ünder, ynder
Low German: ünner
Plautdietsch: unja
Old Dutch: under
Middle Dutch: onder
Dutch: onder
Afrikaans: onder
Berbice Creole Dutch: ondro
Negerhollands: onder, ondu, undu
→ Aukan: ondoo
Limburgish: ónger
Old High German: untar, undar, under
Middle High German: unter
German: unter
Hunsrik: unne
Luxembourgish: ënner
Yiddish: אונטער (unter)

Old Norse: undir
Icelandic: undir
Faroese: undir
Norn: onjder, onder
Norwegian Bokmål: under
Norwegian Nynorsk: under
Old Swedish: undir
Swedish: under
Danish: under
Gutnish: undar, unda, undur

Gothic: 𐌿𐌽𐌳𐌰𐍂 (undar)

→? Old Galician-Portuguese: unter

Galician: unter, ontre

From a merger of two originally distinct prepositions as a result of Verner's law: Pre-Germanic *untér and *undʰér, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥tér (“inside”), from which also Latin inter; and *h₁n̥dʰér (“under”), whence Latin īnfrā, Sanskrit अध (adhá, “below”), Ossetian дӕлӕ (dælæ, “below”).


under

Under lektionen pratade de hela tiden.

During the lesson, they talked all the time.

From Old Swedish undir, from Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.


under

Undrens tid är inte förbi.

under (indefinite nominative singular)
undret (definite nominative singular)
under (indefinite nominative plural)
undren (definite nominative plural)
unders (genitive indefinite singular)
undrets (definite genitive singular)
unders (genitive indefinite plural)
undrens (definite genitive plural)

From Old Swedish under, from Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundrą, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh₁- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).