underlying
Meaning of underlying
verb
- To lie in a position directly beneath.
- To lie under or beneath.
A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
- To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
a doctrine underlying a theory
- To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
- To underlay.
noun
The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
adjective- Lying underneath
We dug down to the underlying rock.
- Basic or fundamental
Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.
- Implicit
Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.
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Hyphenation of underlying
un-der-ly-ing
- It consists of 4 syllables and 10 chars.
- underlying is a word polysyllabic because it has four or more syllables
underlying synonyms
Meaning implicit in:
Meaning fundamental:
Translation of underlying
- Italian: fondamentale, sottostante
- French: fondamental
- German: fundamental, grundlegend
- Portuguese: fundamental
- Spanish: fundamental, subyacente
Anagrams of underlying
Words that rhyme with underlying
betra'ying, Maying, abraying, affraying, alaying, allaying, apaying, appaying, arraying, assaying, baying, belaying, bendaying, beraying, betraying, bewraying, bioassaying, braying, bricklaying, cardplaying, causewaying, claying, daying, decaying, deejaying, defraying, delaying, denaying, deraying, disarraying, dismaying, displaying, doomsaying, downplaying, draying, effraying, embaying, endplaying, essaying, estraying, faying, flaying, foraying, forelaying, foresaying, forraying, forsaying, fraying, gainsaying, gatewaying
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