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under
English
Etymology
From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-Germanic *under (whence also German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under), from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *n?d?ér (“under”) and *n?tér (“inside”). Akin to Old High German untar (“under”), Latin infr? (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??nd?(?)/, [??n.d?(?)]
- (US) IPA(key): /??nd?/, [??n(?)?], [?????]
- (Northern England) IPA(key): /??nd?/
- Rhymes: -?nd?(?)
- Hyphenation: un?der
Preposition
under
- In or at a lower level than.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.
- 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room Chapter 1
- As a subject of; subordinate to.
- Less than.
- Below the surface of.
- (figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [5]
- England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.
- 2011, Tom Fordyce, Rugby World Cup 2011: England 12-19 France [5]
- As, in the character of.
- 2013, The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author [6]
- J.K. Rowling has written a crime novel called 'The Cuckoo's Calling' under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
- 2013, The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author [6]
Synonyms
- below
- beneath
- underneath
Antonyms
- above
- over
Translations
Adverb
under (not comparable)
- In a way lower or less than.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- In a way inferior to.
- (Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (informal) In an unconscious state.
- It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
Synonyms
- below
- beneath
Antonyms
- above
- over
Translations
Adjective
under (comparative more under, superlative most under)
- Being lower; being beneath something.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), 1 Corinthians ix. 27
- I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.
- 1825, Thomas Moore, The Minster Boy
- The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain / Could not bring his proud soul under.
- 1611, Bible (King James Version), 1 Corinthians ix. 27
- (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
- Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.
- In a state of submission or defeat.
- 1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer (page 45)
- When ready for sea we went up to Greenhithe, that their lordships might inspect us, and then to Portsmouth, to take troops to Cork, a pleasant trip; but the troops left us a legacy of "mahogany flats," with which their beds were so swarming that we never got them under.
- 1892, Sir George Giffard, Reminiscences of a Naval Officer (page 45)
Derived terms
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
- Duren, nuder, ruden, runed, unred, urned
Danish
Etymology 1
From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under, cognate with English under, German unter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /on(?)?r/, [?n?], [?n??] or (as an adverb or at the end of a phrase) IPA(key): /on??r/, [??n??]
Preposition
under
- under
- underneath
- below
- during
Adverb
under
- under
Etymology 2
From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundr?, cognate with English wonder, German Wunder.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /on??r/, [??n??]
Noun
under n (singular definite underet, plural indefinite undere)
- wonder
- marvel
- miracle
Inflection
Related terms
- underfuld
- underlig
- undre
- vidunder
Etymology 3
Clipping of underdel or underside.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /on?r/, [??n?]
Noun
under c (singular definite underen, plural indefinite undere)
- bottom (part)
Inflection
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /on?r/, [??n?]
Verb
under
- present tense of unde
Latin
Verb
under
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of und?
Middle English
Preposition
under
- under
- among
Norwegian Bokmål
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd?r/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.
Preposition
under
- below; beneath
- during
- under
Derived terms
- oppunder
- under-
- underveis
Etymology 2
From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundr?, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).
Noun
under n (definite singular underet or undret, indefinite plural under or undere or undre, definite plural undera or underne or undra or undrene)
- wonder, marvel, miracle
Derived terms
- underfull
- underverk
- vidunder
References
- “under” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd?r/ (example of pronunciation)
Etymology 1
From Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under. Akin to English under.
Preposition
under
- below, beneath, under
- during
Derived terms
- oppunder
- under-
Etymology 2
From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundr?, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”). Akin to English wonder.
Noun
under n (definite singular underet, indefinite plural under, definite plural undera)
- wonder, marvel, miracle
Derived terms
- underverk
References
- “under” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old Dutch
Preposition
under
- under
References
- Altniederfränkischer Psalm 63
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *under. Compare Old Saxon undar, Old High German untar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?un.der/
Preposition
under
- under
- among
Descendants
- Middle English: under
- English: under
- Scots: unner
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundr?.
Noun
under n
- wonder, miracle
- wonderment, awe, marvel
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: under
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nd?r/
Etymology 1
From Old Swedish undir, from Old Norse undir, from Proto-Germanic *under.
Preposition
under
- under; below; beneath
- during, at the same time as
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish under, from Old Norse undr, from Proto-Germanic *wundr?, from Proto-Indo-European *wenh?- (“to wish for, desire, strive for, win, love”).
Noun
under n
- wonder, miracle
Declension
Related terms
- underskatta
- undertag
See also
- på under
- under tiden
References
Anagrams
- runde, undre
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into
English
Etymology
From Middle English in-to, from Old English int?, equivalent to in +? to. Cognate with Scots intae.
Pronunciation
- (stressed)
- (UK) IPA(key): /??n.tu?/
- (US) IPA(key): /??n.tu/
- (unstressed, before consonants) IPA(key): /??n.t?/
- (unstressed, before vowels) IPA(key): /??n.t?/
- Hyphenation: in?to
Preposition
into
- To or towards the inside of.
- To or towards the region of.
- Against, especially with force or violence.
- Indicates transition into another form or substance.
- 2002, Matt Cyr, Something to Teach Me: Journal of an American in the Mountains of Haiti, Educa Vision, Inc., ?ISBN, 25:
- His English is still in its beginning stages, like my Creole, but he was able to translate some Creole songs that he's written into English—not the best English, but English nonetheless.
- 2002, Matt Cyr, Something to Teach Me: Journal of an American in the Mountains of Haiti, Educa Vision, Inc., ?ISBN, 25:
- After the start of.
- (colloquial) Interested in or attracted to.
- (Britain, archaic, India, mathematics) Expressing the operation of multiplication.
- (mathematics) Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".
- Investigating the subject (of).
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
References
- Andrea Tyler and Vyvyan Evans, "Bounded landmarks", in The Semantics of English Prepositions: Spatial Scenes, Embodied Meaning and Cognition, Cambridge University Press, 2003, 0-521-81430 8
Anagrams
- -tion, -toin, Toni, noit, oint, on it
Finnish
Etymology
From dialectal inta, from Proto-Finnic *inta (compare Estonian ind, Livonian ind), probably borrowed from Proto-Germanic [Term?] (compare Old Swedish inna (“achievement, accomplishment”)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?into/, [?in?t?o?]
- Rhymes: -into
- Syllabification: in?to
Noun
into
- eagerness, enthusiasm
- odottaa innolla (+ partitive) = to look forward to
- passion, fervour/fervor, ardour/ardor
- zeal, fanaticism
Declension
Synonyms
- (eagerness, enthusiasm): innokkuus, innostus
- (passion, fervo(u)r, ardo(u)r): intohimo
- (zeal, fanaticism): kiihko
Derived terms
Compounds
- intohimo
- intomieli
Anagrams
- Toni, otin, toin
Ligurian
Etymology
Contraction of inte (“in”) + o m sg (“the”, definite article).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?i?tu/
Contraction
into
- in the (+ a masculine name in the singular)
Synonyms
- ne-o
Coordinate terms
- inta
- inte
- inti
Middle English
Preposition
into
- Alternative spelling of in-to
Neapolitan
Etymology
From Latin intus
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ind??/
Preposition
into
- in (surrounded by)
Old English
Etymology
in +? t?
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /in?to?/
Preposition
int?
- into
Descendants
- Middle English: in-to, into, inne to, jn to, jne to, inte
- English: into
- Scots: intae
Southern Ndebele
Noun
întó 9 (plural ízintó 10)
- thing
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Xhosa
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [í??tó]
Noun
íntó 9 (plural ízintó 10)
- thing
Inflection
This noun needs an inflection-table template.
Yemsa
Noun
into
- mother
References
- David Appleyard, Beja as a Cushitic language, in Egyptian and Semito-Hamitic (Afro-Asiatic) Studies: In Memoriam W. Vycichl (Yem into "mother")
Zulu
Etymology
From in- +? -tha (“to name, to choose”) +? -o. Compare with a similar derivation in Swahili jambo.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /î?ntó/
Noun
întó 9 (plural ízintó 10)
- thing
Inflection
References
- C. M. Doke; B. W. Vilakazi (1972) , “-tho”, in Zulu-English Dictionary, ?ISBN: “-tho (2-6.3)”
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