below
be
bÉĒ
bi
low
ˈloʊ
low
/bÉĒˈləʊ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "below"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡

in a position beneath or underneath
below definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The treasure lay below the surface of the sea.
āϧāύāϟāĻŋ āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.1

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡

further along or toward the lower part of a river or stream
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They sailed a few miles below the waterfall.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āϜāϞāĻĒā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ•āϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ• āĻŽāĻžāχāϞ āύ⧌āĻ•āĻž āϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
1.2

āĻāϰ āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāĻŋāϪ⧇, āύ⧀āĻšā§‡

positioned geographically to the south
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The town lies just below the mountain range.
āĻļāĻšāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦāϤāĻļā§āϰ⧇āĻŖā§€āϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĨ¤
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āύ⧀āĻšā§‡, āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡

extending from a lower part of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The roots of the tree spread out below the ground.
āĻ—āĻžāϛ⧇āϰ āĻļāĻŋāĻ•āĻĄāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāϟāĻŋāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ›āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻāϰ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ•āĻŽ

in a position of lesser importance or status
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The intern is working below the senior developer.
āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āύ āϏāĻŋāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāϰ āĻĄā§‡āϭ⧇āϞāĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻ•āĻŽ

less than a specified quantity, measurement, or standard
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The temperature dropped below zero.
āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻ…āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝ

not appropriate for someone of a higher status
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The job was below his qualifications.
āϚāĻžāĻ•āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āϝ⧋āĻ—ā§āϝāϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡

(in theater) located closer to the audience on the stage
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
There was a table below the main set for a more intimate scene.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āφāϰāĻ“ āϘāύāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ  āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āϏ⧇āĻŸā§‡āϰ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŸā§‡āĻŦāĻŋāϞ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύ⧀āĻšā§‡, āϤāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ

in a position or location situated beneath or lower than something else
below definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The treasure was hidden deep below.
āϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤāϧāύ āĻ—āĻ­ā§€āϰ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋ āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻāϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡

at a lower position, rank, or value
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Only participants scoring 70 and below must retake the exam.
āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁āĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ 70 āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧋āϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧀āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāĻŦ⧇āĨ¤
2.1

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻļā§‚āĻ¨ā§āϝ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡

at a temperature beneath a freezing point or negative on a scale
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Pipes can freeze when the temperature falls well below.
āĻĒāĻžāχāĻĒ āϜāĻŽā§‡ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύ āϤāĻžāĻĒāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ• āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āύ⧇āĻŽā§‡ āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āϤāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ

in a place beneath the earth, often associated with torment or punishment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Eternal fires smolder endlessly below.
āϚāĻŋāϰāĻ¨ā§āϤāύ āφāϗ⧁āύ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻ…āĻŦāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻœā§āĻŦāϞāϛ⧇āĨ¤
04

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āϤāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ

on the earth or the world beneath the heavens
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The creatures that roam below live in the forest.
āϝ⧇āϏāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖā§€ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āϘ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻŦāύ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
05

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āĻĒāϰāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤ⧀

(in writing) used to refer to information located farther down within a document

infra

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please refer to the figure labeled below.
āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āϰ⧇ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āϞ⧇āĻŦ⧇āϞāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧁āύāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡āϰ āϤāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ

on a lower floor
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The kitchen is just below, on the ground floor.
āϰāĻžāĻ¨ā§āύāĻžāϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āύ⧀āĻšā§‡, āύāĻŋāϚāϤāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
07

āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āϤāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ

in or toward the interior part of a ship underneath the main deck
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Thunder rumbled overhead as the crew huddled below.
āϝāĻ–āύ āĻ•ā§āϰ⧁ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āϜāĻĄāĻŧā§‹ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϤāĻ–āύ āĻŽāĻžāĻĨāĻžāϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻŦāĻœā§āϰ āĻ—āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύ⧀āĻšā§‡, āĻĒ⧃āĻˇā§āϠ⧇āϰ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡

beneath the top layer of a body of water
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A strange shape moved silently below.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĻā§āϭ⧁āϤ āφāĻ•āĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāσāĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ⧇ āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
09

āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇, āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāϕ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇

(in theater) toward the part of the stage nearest the audience
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The spotlight slowly drifted to a figure waiting below.
āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϟāϞāĻžāχāϟ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϚāϰāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāϰ⧇ āϗ⧇āϞ āϝāĻž āĻŽāĻžā§āĻšā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒ⧇āĻ•ā§āώāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āϤāϞāĻžāϝāĻŧ

(in zoology) on the underside of an animal's body
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Spots covered the butterfly 's wings below.
āĻĻāĻžāĻ—āϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϜāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĄāĻžāύāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āύ⧀āĻšā§‡ āĻĸ⧇āϕ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āύāĻŋāĻšā§‡, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ

a place, level, or thing situated beneath something else
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A faint breeze rose from the below, carrying the scent of salt and stone.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§ƒāĻĻ⧁ āĻŦāĻžāϤāĻžāϏ āύāĻŋāϚ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āωāϠ⧇ āĻāϞ, āϞāĻŦāĻŖ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ—āĻ¨ā§āϧ āĻŦāĻšāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āύ⧀āĻšā§‡, āύāĻŋāĻŽā§āύāϤāϰ

located farther down on the same page or on a following page
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The below instructions explain how to assemble the furniture.
āύ⧀āĻšā§‡āϰ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻ⧇āĻļāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧀ āφāϏāĻŦāĻžāĻŦāĻĒāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻāĻ•āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻ–ā§āϝāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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