Definitions
How to pronounce under:
Under - as an adverb
Down to defeat, death, or ruin
Example: "Their competitors went under"
Through a range downward
Example: "Children six and under will be admitted free"
Into unconsciousness
Example: "This will put the patient under"
In or into a state of subordination or subjugation
Example: "We must keep our disappointment under"
Below some quantity or limit
Example: "Fifty dollars or under"
Below the horizon
Example: "The sun went under"
Down below
Example: "Get under quickly!"
Under - as an adjective satellite
Lower in rank, power, or authority
Example: "An under secretary"
Under - as an adjective
Being lower; being beneath something.
Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
Example: "Ensure the patient is sufficiently under."
Under - as a preposition
In or at a lower level than.
As a subject of; subordinate to.
Example: "He served in world war ii under general omar bradley."
Less than.
Below the surface of.
In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
Example: "To collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation"
As, in the character of.
Example: "He writes books under the name john smith"
Example Sentences
Word Game Points
UNDER has a SCRABBLE points total of 6.
UNDER has a WORDS WITH FRIENDS points total of 8.
UNDER has a WORDFEUD points total of 7.
