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below¹
- /bɪˈləʊ/ UK
- /bɪˈlaː/ Northumbria
- /bɪˈloʊ/ US
- /bɪˈloː(w)/ India
Sounds like billow (without gemination) · Rhymes with -əʊ
Where it comes from
From Middle English bilooghe, equivalent to be- + low. Compare also earlier Middle English alogh, alow, aloȝ, alowe (“below”), benethen (“beneath”), Dutch omlaag (“downwards”).
preposition
- Lower in spatial position than. One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.
- Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc. one degree below kings
- Downstream of. The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.
- South of. Sudan is below Egypt.
- Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath. They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, […] how below all history the persons and their actions were.
- Downstage of. Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.
Similar: under
adverb
- In or to a lower place. The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.
- On or to a lower storey. She lives below, on the ground floor.
- On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck. The captain went below to inspect the engine.
- Later in the same text. This point is explained below.
- Below zero. It was forty degrees below.
Similar: beneath, under, underneath
Below²
proper noun Belows
- A surname.
