What reasoning could underlie their latest decision?
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Underlie
//ˌʌn.dɚˈlaɪ//
Synonyms for "underlie" (69 found)
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Strong matches (21)
Related words (34)
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Translations
15 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- стоя в основата на verb (to serve as a basis of)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 构成基础 verb (to serve as a basis of)
Dutch
1 entries- ten grondslag liggen aan verb (to serve as a basis of)
Finnish
1 entries- olla perustana verb (to serve as a basis of)
French
1 entries- sous-tendre verb (to serve as a basis of)
German
1 entries- zugrunde liegen verb (to serve as a basis of)
Indonesian
2 entries- melandasi verb (to serve as a basis of)
- mendasari verb (to serve as a basis of)
Japanese
1 entries- 基礎となる verb (to serve as a basis of)
Portuguese
4 entries- basear verb (to serve as a basis of)
- embasar verb (to serve as a basis of)
- fundamentar verb (to serve as a basis of)
- subjazer verb (to serve as a basis of)
Spanish
1 entries- subyacer verb (to serve as a basis of)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Who knows what disagreements underlie this agreement?
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What do you think are the problems that underlie your obsession with martyrdom?
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Scientists long have understood the environmental risk factors that contribute to stroke, such as smoking and high-fat diets, but they have struggled to find the genes that underlie the heritable component of the disease — until now.
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