Below

//bɪˈlaː// adv, name, prep

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In or to a lower place. not-comparable

    "The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below."

  2. 2
    In or to a lower place.; On or to a lower storey. not-comparable

    "She lives below, on the ground floor."

  3. 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. 4
    Later in the same text. not-comparable

    "This point is explained below."

  5. 5
    Below zero. not-comparable

    "It was forty degrees below."

Adverb
  1. 1
    (in writing) at a later place wordnet
  2. 2
    in or to a place that is lower wordnet
  3. 3
    on a floor below wordnet
  4. 4
    further down wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Preposition
  1. 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. 2
    Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.

    "one degree below kings"

  3. 3
    Downstream of.

    "The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock."

  4. 4
    South of.

    "Sudan is below Egypt."

  5. 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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  1. 6
    Downstage of.

    "Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”).

Etymology 2

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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