"underset" meaning in English

See underset in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: undersets [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle English undersetten, from Old English undersettan (“to put, place, or set under, put in the place of another, substitute, falsify, forge, counterfeit, place as a pledge, hypothecate, add, annex, subjoin, make subject, submit, set beneath, esteem less”), equivalent to under- + set. Cognate with Dutch ondersetten (“to put beneath”), German untersetzen (“to put beneath, pin”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|undersetten}} Middle English undersetten, {{inh|en|ang|undersettan||to put, place, or set under, put in the place of another, substitute, falsify, forge, counterfeit, place as a pledge, hypothecate, add, annex, subjoin, make subject, submit, set beneath, esteem less}} Old English undersettan (“to put, place, or set under, put in the place of another, substitute, falsify, forge, counterfeit, place as a pledge, hypothecate, add, annex, subjoin, make subject, submit, set beneath, esteem less”), {{prefix|en|under|set}} under- + set, {{cog|nl|ondersetten||to put beneath}} Dutch ondersetten (“to put beneath”), {{cog|de|untersetzen||to put beneath, pin}} German untersetzen (“to put beneath, pin”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} underset (plural undersets)
  1. undercurrent (of water)
    Sense id: en-underset-en-noun-Okywb7-D
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: under-set

Verb

Forms: undersets [present, singular, third-person], undersetting [participle, present], underset [participle, past], underset [past]
Rhymes: -ɛt Etymology: From Middle English undersetten, from Old English undersettan (“to put, place, or set under, put in the place of another, substitute, falsify, forge, counterfeit, place as a pledge, hypothecate, add, annex, subjoin, make subject, submit, set beneath, esteem less”), equivalent to under- + set. Cognate with Dutch ondersetten (“to put beneath”), German untersetzen (“to put beneath, pin”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|undersetten}} Middle English undersetten, {{inh|en|ang|undersettan||to put, place, or set under, put in the place of another, substitute, falsify, forge, counterfeit, place as a pledge, hypothecate, add, annex, subjoin, make subject, submit, set beneath, esteem less}} Old English undersettan (“to put, place, or set under, put in the place of another, substitute, falsify, forge, counterfeit, place as a pledge, hypothecate, add, annex, subjoin, make subject, submit, set beneath, esteem less”), {{prefix|en|under|set}} under- + set, {{cog|nl|ondersetten||to put beneath}} Dutch ondersetten (“to put beneath”), {{cog|de|untersetzen||to put beneath, pin}} German untersetzen (“to put beneath, pin”) Head templates: {{en-verb|undersets|undersetting|underset}} underset (third-person singular simple present undersets, present participle undersetting, simple past and past participle underset)
  1. (transitive) To set under or beneath. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-underset-en-verb-59sOrDDQ Categories (other): English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 33 49 17
  2. To prop or support.
    Sense id: en-underset-en-verb-cBgJanNG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 18 60 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 17 12 71
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: under-set

Inflected forms

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