different between clamour vs below

English

Alternative forms

• clamor (US spelling)

Etymology

From Latin cl?mor (“a shout, cry”), from cl?m? (“cry out, complain”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?klæm.?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?klæm.?/
• Rhymes: -æm?(r)

Noun

clamour (countable and uncountable, plural clamours)

1. British spelling and Canadian spelling spelling of clamor
   • c. 1595-1596 William Shakespeare, Love's Labours Lost

     Sickly eares Deaft with the clamours of their owne deare grones.

Verb

clamour (third-person singular simple present clamours, present participle clamouring, simple past and past participle clamoured)

1. Britain and Canada spelling of clamor
2. (transitive, obsolete) To salute loudly.
3. (transitive, obsolete) To stun with noise.
   • 1625, Francis Bacon, Of Counsel

     Let them not come..in a Tribunitious Manner; For that is, to clamour Counsels, not to enforme them.

4. (transitive, obsolete) To repeat the strokes quickly on (bells) so as to produce a loud clang.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Bishop Warburton to this entry?)

Middle English

Etymology

Anglo-Norman clamour, from an earlier clamur, from Latin clamor

Noun

clamour (plural clamours)

1. shout; cry; clamor

Synonyms

• crie, crye

Old French

Noun

clamour f (oblique plural clamours, nominative singular clamour, nominative plural clamours)

1. Late Anglo-Norman spelling of clamur

   querele oie ne pleinte ne clamour

English

Etymology

From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- +? low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, alo?, alowe (“below”) and benethen (“beneath”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /b??l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /b??lo?/
• Hyphenation: be?low
• Rhymes: -??

Preposition

below

1. Lower in spatial position than.

2. (law) Within the writing of a given document which follows a particular appearance of the word "below".

   "By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below."

3. Lower in value, price, rank or concentration than.

   • one degree below kings

4. Downstream of.
5. South of.
6. Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath.
   • 1827, Henry Hallam, The Constitutional History of England

     who thinks no fact below his regard

7. (stage directions) Downstage of.
   • 1952, Frederick Knott, Dial "M" for Murder, 1954 Dramatists Play Service acting edition, act 1, scene 1:

     Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.

Synonyms

• (lower in spatial position than): beneath, under, underneath
• (lower in value than): under
• (downstream of): downstream
• (unsuitable to the rank or dignity of): beneath

Antonyms

• (lower in spatial position than): above, over
• (lower in value than): over
• (downstream of): upstream

Derived terms

• below the belt

Translations

Adverb

below (not comparable)

1. In a lower place.
2. On a lower storey.
3. Further down.
4. (nautical) On a lower deck.

5. (of a temperature) Below zero.

Synonyms

• (in a lower place): beneath, under, underneath
• (on a lower storey): downstairs
• (farther down): downwards

Antonyms

• (in a lower place): aloft, overhead, up
• (on a lower storey): upstairs
• (farther down): upwards

Translations

Derived terms

Pages starting with “below”.

• below average
• below decks/belowdecks
• belowground
• below par
• below the belt
• below the fold

References

• Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "The vertical axis", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8

Anagrams

• Blowe, Lebow, blowe, bowel, bowle, elbow