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has from earliest times been in competition with below, beneath, and under, and in current use tends to be used mainly in a physical sense, e.g. (adverb) a building with a garage underneath, and (preposition) underneath the arches of the bridge. Unlike the other words, underneath is also a noun (the underneath of the vehicle).

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noun

A side or surface that is below or under: bottom, underside, undersurface. See over/under.

adj, adv, prep

Definition: below
Antonyms: above, over, up

IN BRIEF: Below.

Be like a duck. Calm on the surface, but always paddling like the dickens underneath. — Michael Caine.

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For a list of words related to underneath, see:

• Prepositions
• Relative Positions - underneath: (prep) directly below the surface or level of, esp. so as to be hidden

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Dansk (Danish)
prep. - neden under, under, på bunden
adv. - neden under
n. - inderst inde
adj. - neden under

Nederlands (Dutch)
onder(aan)/beneden, onder(liggend), verborgen/heimelijk, eronder, (diep) van binnen (figuurlijk), (aan de) onderkant

Français (French)
prep. - (lit, fig) sous, au-dessous de
adv. - (lit, fig) dessous, en dessous
n. - dessous
adj. - d'en dessous, en dessous

Deutsch (German)
prep. - unter
adv. - darunter
n. - Unterseite
adj. - unter

Ελληνική (Greek)
prep. - κάτω από
adv. - από κάτω
n. - κάτω πλευρά ή μέρος
adj. - κατώτερος

Italiano (Italian)
sotto, al di sotto

Português (Portuguese)
prep. - sob, debaixo, embaixo de
adv. - embaixo, abaixo, debaixo
n. - parte mais baixa (f), face inferior (f)
adj. - inferior, situado embaixo

Русский (Russian)
внизу, ниже, вниз, под, нижний, скрытый, нижняя часть или сторона

Español (Spanish)
prep. - bajo, debajo de
adv. - bajo, por debajo, debajo, abajo
n. - lado de abajo
adj. - inferior

Svenska (Swedish)
prep. - under, nedanför, på undersidan av
adv. - under, undertill, på undersidan
n. - undersida, underdel
adj. - undre, lägre

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
在...的下面, 在下面, 下部, 底部, 下面的, 位于下面的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
prep. - 在...的下面
adv. - 在下面
n. - 下部, 底部
adj. - 下面的, 位於下面的

한국어 (Korean)
prep. - ~의 아래에
adv. - 아래에, 밑면에
n. - 하면, 밑면
adj. - 낮은 , 아래의

日本語 (Japanese)
prep. - 下に
adv. - 下部に, 内面は
n. - 底

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(حرف جر) تحت, اسفل, داخل (الاسم) الطبقه السفلى (صفه) تحتي, داخلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
prep. - ‮מתחת ל-, אל מתחת ל-, בתוך‬
adv. - ‮מתחת ל-, אל מתחת ל-, בתוך‬
n. - ‮החלק התחתון‬
adj. - ‮נמוך יותר‬

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