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- 1 In or to a lower place. not-comparable
"The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below."
- 2 In or to a lower place.; On or to a lower storey. not-comparable
"She lives below, on the ground floor."
- 3 In or to a lower place.; On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck. not-comparable
"The captain went below to inspect the engine."
- 4 Later in the same text. not-comparable
"This point is explained below."
- 5 Below zero. not-comparable
"It was forty degrees below."
- 1 (in writing) at a later place wordnet
- 2 in or to a place that is lower wordnet
- 3 on a floor below wordnet
- 4 further down wordnet
- 1 A surname.
- 1 Lower in spatial position than.
"One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier."
- 2 Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.
"one degree below kings"
- 3 Downstream of.
"The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock."
- 4 South of.
"Sudan is below Egypt."
- 5 Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
"They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, […] how below all history the persons and their actions were."
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- 6 Downstage of.
"Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table."
Etymology
From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”).
From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”).
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