different between underlie vs undergo

English

Etymology

From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underli??an (“to underlie, to be subject to, give way to”), equivalent to under- +? lie. Cognate with Dutch onderliggen (“to lie below, lie on the bottom of”), German unterliegen (“to lie under, be subject to, succumb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.d?(?)?la?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

underlie (third-person singular simple present underlies, present participle underlying, simple past underlay, past participle underlain)

1. (intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath.
2. (transitive) To lie under or beneath.

   A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

3. (transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.

   a doctrine underlying a theory

   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6,^[1]

     […] she was carved into the bole of a red cedar tree. Sun and storm had bleached the wood, moss here and there softened the crudeness of the modelling; sincerity underlay every stroke.
4. (transitive) To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
5. (mining) To underlay.

Translations

English

Etymology

From Middle English undergon, from Old English underg?n (“to undergo, undermine, ruin”), equivalent to under- +? go. Cognate with Dutch ondergaan (“to undergo, perish, sink”), German untergehen (“to perish, sink, undergo”), Swedish undergå (“to undergo, go through”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd???o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd?????/
• Rhymes: -??
• Hyphenation: un?der?go

Verb

undergo (third-person singular simple present undergoes, present participle undergoing, simple past underwent, past participle undergone)

1. (transitive, obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
2. (transitive) To experience; to pass through a phase.

   The project is undergoing great changes.

3. (transitive) To suffer or endure; bear with.

   The victim underwent great trauma.

   She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.

Synonyms

• (to go or move under):
• (to experience): go through, take, undercome
• (to suffer or endure): brook, put up with; See also Thesaurus:tolerate

Translations

See also

• undergang

Anagrams

• go under, grounde, guerdon, ungored