under adj

1 located below or beneath something else; "nether garments"; "the under parts of a machine" [syn: nether]

2 lower in rank, power, or authority; "an under secretary" [syn: under(a)] adv

1 down to defeat, death, or ruin; "their competitors went under"

2 through a range downward; "children six and under will be admitted free"

3 into unconsciousness; "this will put the patient under"

4 in or into a state of subordination or subjugation; "we must keep our disappointment under"

5 below some quantity or limit; "fifty dollars or under"

6 below the horizon; "the sun went under"

7 down below; "get under quickly!"

8 further down; "see under for further discussion" [syn: below]

English

Pronunciation

• a UK /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)/, /"Vn.d@(r\)/
• a US /ˈʌn.dɚ/, /"Vn.d@`/
• Rhymes with: -ʌndə(r)

Etymology

Old English under

Preposition

under

1. In a lower level than
2. To be a subject of
3. To be less than
4. Below the surface of

Synonyms

• below
• beneath
• underneath

Antonyms

• above
• over

Translations

• Albanian: nën
• Arabic: (taħt)
• Catalan: sota
• Chinese: 在...下面 (zài...xiàmiàn)
• Croatian: pod
• Czech: pod
• Dutch: onder
• Esperanto: sub
• Finnish: alla, alle
• French: sous
• German: unter
• Hungarian: ...alatt
• Icelandic: undir
• Ido: sub
• Italian: sotto
• Japanese: 下に (したに, shitani)
• Jingpho: npu e
• Korean: 아래에 (araee)
• Kurdish: ,
• Polish: pod
• Portuguese: sob
• Romanian: sub
• Russian: под (pod)
• Slovene: pod
• Spanish: bajo
• Swedish: under (1,2,4), nedanför (1)
• Turkish: altında

Adverb

under

1. In a way lower or less than
2. In a way inferior to

Synonyms

• below
• beneath

Antonyms

• above
• over

Derived terms

• down under
• six feet under
• underachieve
• underage
• underarm
• undercurrent
• undercut
• underground
• underhanded
• underneath
• underrate
• underreport
• under the weather
• undertow
• underwater
• underworld

Old English

Etymology

Common Germanic *undher-

Preposition

under

1. under

Swedish

Pronunciation

Preposition

under

1. under; below; beneath
2. during, at the same time as

   Under lektionen pratade de hela tiden = During the lesson, they talked all the time

Noun

under

1. wonder, miracle

Inflection

Related terms

• underskatta
• undertag

See also

• på under
• under tiden

Marie Under (Tallinn, 27 March 1883 – Stockholm 25 September 1980) was an Estonian poet.

Early life

Under attended a private German girl's school. After graduating, she worked as a salesclerk in a bookstore. In her free time, she wrote poetry in German. In 1902, she married an Estonian accountant, Carl Hacker. The couple had two children in Kutshino, a suburb of Moscow. However, in 1904, she fell in love with the Estonian artist Ants Laikmaa. Laikmaa convinced her to translate her poetry into Estonian and submitted her translated works to local newspapers.

Return to Estonia

In 1906, Under returned to Tallinn. In 1913, she met Artur Adson, who became her secretary. He also compiled the first volumes of her published poetry. In 1924, Under divorced Carl Hacker and married Adson.

Emigration

Beginning in September 1944, the U.S.S.R. occupied Estonia. Under and her family fled to Sweden. They spent almost a year in a refugee camp. In 1945, the family moved to Mälarhöjden, a suburb of Stockholm, Sweden, where Under lived until her death on September 25, 1980. She is buried in the Forest Cemetery in Stockholm.

External links

• Estonian Literary Magazine article

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