underlie

(ŭn'dər-lī')
tr.v., -lay (-lā'), -lain (-lān'), -ly·ing, -lies.

1. To be located under or below.
2. To be the support or basis of; account for: Many factors underlie my decision.
3. To constitute a prior financial claim over: Dividends for preferred stock underlie those of common stock.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: be or form the base for

Meaning #2: lie underneath

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - ligge til grund for, ligge under

Nederlands (Dutch)
ten grondslag liggen aan, zich bevinden onder, schuil gaan achter, gaan/komen voor (economie)

Français (French)
v. tr. - (lit) être sous, (fig) sous-tendre

Deutsch (German)
v. - unter etwas liegen, zugrundeliegen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - υπόκειμαι, αποτελώ το θεμέλιο/τη βάση, βρίσκομαι κάτω από

Italiano (Italian)
sottostare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - subjazer, fundamentar, submeter-se

Русский (Russian)
быть расположенным под чем-л., лежать в основе чего-л.

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - estar debajo de, servir de base, ocultarse, tener prioridad sobre, sustentar, servir de fundamento

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - ligga under, bära upp, vara grundvalen till

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
位于...之下, 成为...的基础

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 位於...之下, 成為...的基礎

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - ~의 아래에 놓이다, ~의 기초가 되다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 下にある, 基礎となる, 下に横たわる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يرتكز على, كان او وجد او وقع تحت شيء اخر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮היה מונח ביסוד-, היווה בסיס ל-, הסתתר מאחורי-‬

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