below

below: [[t]bɪlo͟ʊ[/t]]
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1) PREP If something is below something else, it is in a lower position.

He appeared from the apartment directly below Leonard's...

The path runs below a long brick wall...

The sun had already sunk below the horizon...

The boat dipped below the surface of the water.

Syn:

above

ADV: n ADV, ADV after v

Below is also an adverb. We climbed rather perilously down a rope-ladder to the boat below. ...a view to the street below... Spread out below was a great crowd.

2) PHRASE If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.

They have designed a system which pumps up water from 70m below ground...

Coils buried in tunnels below the ground might soon be used to store large amounts of electricity.

3) ADV: n ADV, ADV after v You use below in a piece of writing to refer to something that is mentioned later.

Please write to me at the address below...

The BBC Good Food Show is giving away free tickets in a competition. For details, see below.

4) PREP If something is below a particular amount, rate, or level, it is less than that amount, rate, or level.

Night temperatures can drop below 15 degrees Celsius...

British Telecom agreed to keep overall price increases to 7.5 per cent below inflation...

Rainfall has been below average.

Ant:

above

ADV

Below is also an adverb. ...temperatures at zero or below.

5) PREP If someone is below you in an organization, they are lower in rank.

Such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.

...pay rises awarded to all white-collar staff below chief officer level.

Ant:

above

6) below par → see par

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Synonyms:

Under, beneath, underneath, Under, beneath, underneath / Unbecoming, unworthy of, On the earth, in this world, in the present life, in time, in the world of sense / In hell, in the lower regions, in the under world, among the shades, in the world of the departed, in the regions of the dead

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Below — bezeichnet Orte (bzw. Ortsteile) einen Ortsteil der Stadt Wesenberg im Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte in Mecklenburg Vorpommern den Ortsteil Below (Müritz) der Gemeinde Grabow Below im Landkreis Mecklenburgische Seenplatte in Mecklenburg… … Deutsch Wikipedia
below — below, under, beneath, underneath mean in a lower position relatively to some other object or place. Below (opposed to above) applies to something which is anywhere in a lower plane than the object of reference; under (opposed to over) to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
Below — can refer to any of the following: * Earth * Ground * Soil * Floor * Bottom * Less than * Temperatures below freezing * Hell or underworldPeople named Below include: *Fritz von Below (1853 1918), World War I general *Otto von Below (1857 1944),… … Wikipedia
below — below, beneath, under These three words appear to be synonymous, but many contexts call for one in preference to another. Beneath is somewhat more literary in use. Under in its physical sense is rather more literal than the other two: under the… … Modern English usage
Below — Be*low , prep. [Pref. be by + low.] 1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. One degree… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Below — Be*low , adv. 1. In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath. [1913 Webster] Lord Marmion waits below. Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. [1913 Webster] The fairest child of Jove… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
below — index a savoir Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 below … Law dictionary
Below — Below, 1) [ beːlo], Georg Anton Hugo von, Verfassungs und Wirtschaftshistoriker, * Königsberg (Pr) 19. 1. 1858, ✝ Badenweiler 20. 10. 1927; Professor in Münster, Marburg, Tübingen und seit 1905 in Freiburg im … Universal-Lexikon
below — (adv.) early 14c., biloogh, from BE (Cf. be ) by, about + logh, lou, lowe low (see LOW (Cf. low) (adj.)). Apparently a variant of earlier a lowe (influenced by other adverbs in be , Cf. BEFORE (Cf. before)), the parallel form to an high … Etymology dictionary
below — ► PREPOSITION & ADVERB 1) at a lower level than. 2) (in printed text) mentioned further down. ● below stairs Cf. ↑below stairs … English terms dictionary
below — [bi lō′] adv., adj. [see BE & LOW1] 1. in or to a lower place; beneath 2. in a lower place on the page or on a later page (of a book, etc.) 3. in or to hell 4. on earth 5 … English World dictionary

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