"under-" meaning in English

See under- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

Etymology: From Middle English under-, from Old English under-, from Proto-Germanic *under, from Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér (“lower”) and *n̥tér (“inside”). For more, see under. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|under-}} Middle English under-, {{inh|en|ang|under-}} Old English under-, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*under}} Proto-Germanic *under, {{inh|en|ine-pro|*n̥dʰér|t=lower}} Proto-Indo-European *n̥dʰér (“lower”), {{m|ine-pro|*n̥tér|t=inside}} *n̥tér (“inside”), {{m|en|under}} under Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} under-, {{en-prefix}} under-
  1. Beneath, under Tags: morpheme Synonyms (under): hypo-, sub-, infra-
    Sense id: en-under--en-prefix-cWo7ydMq Disambiguation of 'under': 67 0 16 16 0
  2. (metaphor) To go from one side to the other; to progress along a path Tags: morpheme
    Sense id: en-under--en-prefix-zWGNwtQC
  3. Less than, beneath in quantity Tags: morpheme Synonyms (forming a transitive verb): en- Synonyms (less than): hypo-, olig-, meio-
    Sense id: en-under--en-prefix-cDgrjb64 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 3 36 21 13 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 25 4 41 20 10 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 25 5 33 25 12 Disambiguation of 'forming a transitive verb': 30 5 45 8 12 Disambiguation of 'less than': 4 3 87 4 2
  4. Deficient, below what is correct, insufficient Tags: morpheme Synonyms (deficient): hypo-, dys-, mal-
    Sense id: en-under--en-prefix-tAtAWPnm Disambiguation of 'deficient': 3 3 6 84 3
  5. Subordinate to Tags: morpheme Synonyms (subordinate): vice-, sub-
    Sense id: en-under--en-prefix-xblbBmCB Disambiguation of 'subordinate': 5 4 9 7 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently): թեր- (tʻer-) (Armenian), under- (Danish), onder [feminine] (Dutch), sous- (French), unter- (German), υπο- (ypo-) (Greek), ⴰⴷⵓ- (adu-) [masculine] (Moroccan Amazigh), ⵜⴰⴷⵓ- (tadu-) [feminine] (Moroccan Amazigh), ⵉⴷⵓ- (idu-) [masculine, plural] (Moroccan Amazigh), ⵜⵉⴷⵓ- (tidu-) [feminine, plural] (Moroccan Amazigh), under- (Norwegian Bokmål), under- (Norwegian Nynorsk), sub- (Portuguese), под- (pod-) (Russian), недо- (nedo-) (english: insufficient) (Russian), під- (pid-) (Ukrainian), недо- (nedo-) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently': 27 2 31 39 1

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      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
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      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
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      "word": "недо-"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "tʻer-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "թեր-"
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      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "under-"
    },
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      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "sous-"
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      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "unter-"
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      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypo-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "υπο-"
    },
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      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
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      "word": "ⴰⴷⵓ-"
    },
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      "roman": "tadu-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
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      "roman": "idu-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "ⵉⴷⵓ-"
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      "code": "zgh",
      "lang": "Moroccan Amazigh",
      "roman": "tidu-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
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        "plural"
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      "word": "ⵜⵉⴷⵓ-"
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      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "under-"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "sub-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pod-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "под-"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "insufficient",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nedo-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "недо-"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pid-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "під-"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nedo-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "недо-"
    }
  ],
  "word": "under-"
}

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