underlying

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Adjective

underlying (not comparable)

1. lying underneath

   We dug down to the underlying rock.

2. basic or fundamental

   Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.

3. implicit

   Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.

Translations

• French: sous-jacent
• German: darunterliegend

Translations

• French: sous-jacent

Translations

• French: sous-jacent
• German: implizit
• Italian: sottostante
• Portuguese: implícito, subjacente
• Spanish: subyacente

Noun

underlying (plural underlyings)

1. (finance) The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.

Verb

1. present participle of underlie#English|underlie

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