We should understand the underlying premises.
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Underlying
Synonyms for "underlying" (66 found)
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Synonyms
1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
3 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
1 entriesrelated to
9 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
51 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- неясен adj (implicit)
- основен adj (basic or fundamental)
- разположен под adj (lying underneath)
- скрит adj (implicit)
Catalan
3 entries- subjacent adj (lying underneath)
- subjacent adj (basic or fundamental)
- subjacent adj (implicit)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 基本 adj (basic or fundamental)
- 底層 /底层 adj (basic or fundamental)
- 根本 adj (basic or fundamental)
- 隱含 /隐含 adj (implicit)
Czech
1 entries- základní adj (basic or fundamental)
Danish
1 entries- underliggende adj (implicit)
Dutch
2 entries- achterliggend adj (implicit)
- onderliggend adj (lying underneath)
Finnish
4 entries- alapuolinen adj (lying underneath)
- alla oleva adj (lying underneath)
- perus adj (basic or fundamental)
- perustavanlaatuinen adj (basic or fundamental)
French
3 entries- sous-jacent adj (lying underneath)
- sous-jacent adj (basic or fundamental)
- sous-jacent adj (implicit)
Georgian
1 entries- ძირითადი adj (basic or fundamental)
German
2 entries- darunterliegend adj (lying underneath)
- implizit adj (implicit)
Greek
2 entries- θεμελιώδης adj (basic or fundamental)
- υποκείμενος adj (lying underneath)
Hungarian
4 entries- alapjául szolgáló adj (basic or fundamental)
- alapvető adj (basic or fundamental)
- alatta/lejjebb lévő/fekvő/rejlő/húzódó/meghúzódó adj (lying underneath)
- elemi adj (basic or fundamental)
Italian
4 entries- basilare adj (basic or fundamental)
- fondamentale adj (basic or fundamental)
- implicito adj (implicit)
- sottostante adj (lying underneath)
Latin
3 entries- fundamentalis adj (basic or fundamental)
- subiacens adj (lying underneath)
- substantialis adj (basic or fundamental)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- آشاغی adj (lying underneath)
Portuguese
2 entries- implícito adj (implicit)
- subjacente adj (implicit)
Spanish
4 entries- agazapado adj (implicit)
- implícito adj (implicit)
- subyacente adj (lying underneath)
- subyacente adj (implicit)
Swedish
2 entries- underliggande adj (basic or fundamental)
- underliggande adj (implicit)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
We will study the underlying molecular occurrences of fertilization.
Source: tatoeba (1126523)
They used the Internet too much because they had some underlying problem that also caused them to neglect their child.
Source: tatoeba (1208552)
We still have to solve the underlying problem.
Source: tatoeba (2662766)
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