below
see also: Below
Pronunciation Preposition
Below
Proper noun
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see also: Below
Pronunciation Preposition
- Lower in spatial position than.
- The treasure is buried two meters below the surface.
- (legal) Within the writing of a given document which follows a particular appearance of the word "below".
- "By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below."
- Lower in value, price, rank or concentration than.
- 1705 (revised 1718), Joseph Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy
- one degree below kings
- The temperature is below zero.
- 1705 (revised 1718), Joseph Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy
- Downstream of.
- South of.
- Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
- 1670, John Milton, The History of Britain, […] , London: Printed by J.M. for James Alleſtry, […] , OCLC 78038412 ↗:
- They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, […] how below all history the persons and their actions were.
- who thinks no fact below his regard
- Such petty behavior is below me.
- (stage directions) Downstage of.
- 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:
- Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.
- 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:
- (lower in spatial position than) beneath, under, underneath
- (lower in value than) under
- (downstream of) downstream
- (unsuitable to the rank or dignity of) beneath
- French: au-dessous, sous
- German: unter
- Portuguese: abaixo de
- Russian: под
- Spanish: bajo
- Portuguese: abaixo de, menos de/que
- Russian: ни́же
- Portuguese: a jusante de
- Portuguese: a sul de
- Russian: южне́е
- Portuguese: abaixo de
- Russian: ни́же
below (not comparable)
- In a lower place.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175 ↗:
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶ […] The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge, […].
- On a lower storey.
- Further down.
- (nautical) On a lower deck.
- the landlubbers lying down below
- (of a temperature) Below zero.
- (in a lower place) beneath, under, underneath
- (on a lower storey) downstairs
- (farther down) downwards
- French: en dessous, en bas (downstairs)
- Russian: ни́же
- French: ci-dessous
- Portuguese: abaixo
- Russian: ни́же
- French: en bas
- Italian: sotto zero
- Russian: ни́же
Below
Proper noun
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