under

Meanings

1. 1
   adv

   further down

   see under for further discussion

2. 2
   adv

   down below

   get under quickly!

3. 3
   adv

   below the horizon

   the sun went under

4. 4
   adv

   below some quantity or limit

   fifty dollars or under

5. 5
   adv

   in or into a state of subordination or subjugation

   we must keep our disappointment under

6. 6
   adv

   down to defeat, death, or ruin

   their competitors went under

7. 7
   adv

   into unconsciousness

   this will put the patient under

8. 8
   adv

   through a range downward

   children six and under will be admitted free

Etymology

From Middle English under, from Old English under, from Proto-West Germanic *undar, from Proto-Germanic *under, from a merger of Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér (“under”) and *h₁entér (“inside”). Akin to German unter, Dutch onder, Danish and Norwegian under; also Old High German untar (“under”), Sanskrit अन्तर् (antar, “within”), Latin infrā (“below, beneath”) and inter (“between, among”).