"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”) Head templates: {{head|en|prefix|head=|sort=}} under-, {{en-prefix}} under-
  1. Beneath, under Tags: morpheme Synonyms (under): hypo-, sub-, infra-
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  2. (figurative) To go from one side to the other; to progress along a path Tags: figuratively, 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, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Moroccan Amazigh translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 3 40 23 3 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 31 2 37 24 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 1 44 21 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 26 5 35 25 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 33 4 37 20 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 39 3 34 19 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 5 37 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 36 4 32 23 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Moroccan Amazigh translations: 26 5 34 25 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 28 6 37 19 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 28 2 49 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 4 33 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 40 3 36 18 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 28 5 38 19 9 Disambiguation of 'forming a transitive verb': 20 13 30 14 22 Disambiguation of 'less than': 4 3 87 3 2
  4. Deficient, below what is correct, insufficient Tags: morpheme Synonyms (deficient): hypo-, dys-, mal-
    Sense id: en-under--en-prefix-tAtAWPnm Categories (other): Pages with 5 entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 31 2 37 24 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 33 4 37 20 5 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 39 3 34 19 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 35 5 37 18 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 36 4 32 23 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 31 4 33 23 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 40 3 36 18 3 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 3 9 7 76
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': 25 2 36 36 1
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        "1": "en",
        "2": "prefix",
        "head": "",
        "sort": ""
      },
      "expansion": "under-",
      "name": "head"
    },
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "under-",
      "name": "en-prefix"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "prefix",
  "senses": [
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "e.g. underground, underneath, underpass"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Beneath, under"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Beneath",
          "beneath"
        ],
        [
          "under",
          "under"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "e.g. understand, undergo, underbear, undertake"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To go from one side to the other; to progress along a path"
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) To go from one side to the other; to progress along a path"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "e.g. underadditive, underage, underbound"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Less than, beneath in quantity"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "e.g. underapply, underbill, underawe"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Deficient, below what is correct, insufficient"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Deficient",
          "deficient"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "e.g. undersecretary, underling, underclass"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Subordinate to"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Subordinate",
          "subordinate"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "morpheme"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "under",
      "word": "hypo-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "under",
      "word": "sub-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "under",
      "word": "infra-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "forming a transitive verb",
      "word": "en-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "less than",
      "word": "hypo-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "less than",
      "word": "olig-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "less than",
      "word": "meio-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deficient",
      "word": "hypo-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deficient",
      "word": "dys-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "deficient",
      "word": "mal-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "subordinate",
      "word": "vice-"
    },
    {
      "sense": "subordinate",
      "word": "sub-"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "tʻer-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "թեր-"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "under-"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onder"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "sous-"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "unter-"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypo-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "υπο-"
    },
    {
      "code": "zgh",
      "lang": "Moroccan Amazigh",
      "roman": "adu-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ⴰⴷⵓ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "zgh",
      "lang": "Moroccan Amazigh",
      "roman": "tadu-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ⵜⴰⴷⵓ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "zgh",
      "lang": "Moroccan Amazigh",
      "roman": "idu-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ⵉⴷⵓ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "zgh",
      "lang": "Moroccan Amazigh",
      "roman": "tidu-",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "ⵜⵉⴷⵓ-"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "under (in any sense): insufficient, insufficiently",
      "word": "under-"
    },
    {
      "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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