UNDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does under mean? 

• UNDER (adjective)
  The adjective UNDER has 2 senses:

1. located below or beneath something else

2. lower in rank, power, or authority

  Familiarity information: UNDER used as an adjective is rare.

• UNDER (adverb)
  The adverb UNDER has 8 senses:

1. down to defeat, death, or ruin

2. through a range downward

3. into unconsciousness

4. in or into a state of subordination or subjugation

5. below some quantity or limit

6. below the horizon

7. down below

8. further down

  Familiarity information: UNDER used as an adverb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDER (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Located below or beneath something else

Synonyms:

nether; under

Context example:

the under parts of a machine

Similar:

low (literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Lower in rank, power, or authority

Context example:

an under secretary

Similar:

low-level; subordinate (lower in rank or importance)

• UNDER (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Down to defeat, death, or ruin

Context example:

their competitors went under

Sense 2

Meaning:

Through a range downward

Context example:

children six and under will be admitted free

Sense 3

Meaning:

Into unconsciousness

Context example:

this will put the patient under

Sense 4

Meaning:

In or into a state of subordination or subjugation

Context example:

we must keep our disappointment under

Sense 5

Meaning:

Below some quantity or limit

Context example:

fifty dollars or under

Sense 6

Meaning:

Below the horizon

Context example:

the sun went under

Sense 7

Meaning:

Down below

Context example:

get under quickly!

Sense 8

Meaning:

Further down

Synonyms:

below; under

Context example:

see under for further discussion

 Context examples 

He had handed them both in, and placed himself between them; and in this manner, under these circumstances, full of astonishment and emotion to Anne, she quitted Lyme.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

If I returned, it was to be sacrificed or to see those whom I most loved die under the grasp of a dæmon whom I had myself created.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

Now, you have a good place under the cabin; why not put them there?

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

Jane, you are under a mistake: what is the matter with you?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

Minutes times grams per milliliter (area under the curve).

(Minute Times Gram per Milliliter, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Minutes times grams per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by grams (dose or weight).

(Minute Times Gram Per Milliliter Per Gram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Minutes times grams per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).

(Minute Times Gram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Minutes times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by kilograms (weight).

(Minute Times Microgram Per Milliliter Per Kilogram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Minutes times micrograms per milliliter (area under the curve), divided by grams (dose or weight).

(Minute Times Microgram Per Milliliter Per Gram, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

Northanger Abbey was written in 1797-98 under a different title.

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)