Antonyms for underlying
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-der-lahy-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌn dərˌlaɪ ɪŋ |
Definition of underlying
Origin :- Old English under licgan "to be subordinate to, to submit to;" see under + lie (v.2). Meaning "to lie under or beneath" is attested from c.1600; figurative sense of "to be the basis of" is attested from 1852 (implied in underlying).
- adj fundamental, latent
- It is plain (suggested Socrates), they do not know the underlying meaning.
- Extract from : « The Symposium » by Xenophon
- The underlying causes for the conduct, life and end of Apicius have not been told.
- Extract from : « Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome » by Apicius
- Sanitation, not the word, but the underlying idea, was taught by precept and example.
- Extract from : « The Negro Farmer » by Carl Kelsey
- An underlying tendency can be discerned in well-organized knowledge.
- Extract from : « College Teaching » by Paul Klapper
- Yet underlying all this there ran a vein of good cheer, of hopefulness.
- Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
- He was perfectly respectful, though there was an underlying threat in his manner.
- Extract from : « In Direst Peril » by David Christie Murray
- The reports naturally show the correctness of the underlying theory.
- Extract from : « The Human Aura » by Swami Panchadasi
- But there was also an underlying nervousness which seemed to hint at something beyond.
- Extract from : « Tristram of Blent » by Anthony Hope
- The Mexican mountains are mainly of underlying granite formation.
- Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
- The form Marduk is Semitic, and points to an underlying stem, rdk.
- Extract from : « The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria » by Morris Jastrow
Synonyms for underlying
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