beneath
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /bɪˈniːθ/
- Below or underneath.
- Below.
- c. 1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Macbeth”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act IV, scene iii]:
- Our country sinks beneath the yoke.
- 1718, Alexander Pope, epitaph to Nicholas Rowe
- Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.
- In a position that is lower in rank, dignity, etc.
- a. 1730, Francis Atterbury, in The Grub-Street Journal, Volume 1
- He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.
- a. 1730, Francis Atterbury, in The Grub-Street Journal, Volume 1
- Covered up or concealed by something.
- Russian: ни́же
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