below

below
I. adverb Etymology: Middle English bilooghe, from bi by + looghe low, adjective Date: 14th century 1. in or to a lower place 2. a. on earth b. in or to Hades or hell 3. on or to a lower floor or deck 4. a. in, to, at, or by a lower rank or number b. below zero <
the temperature was 20 below
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5. lower on the same page or on a following page 6. under the surface of the water II. preposition Date: 1575 1. a. lower in place, rank, or value than ; under b. down river from c. south of 2. inferior to (as in rank) 3. not suitable to the rank of ; beneath III. noun Date: 1697 something that is below IV. adjective Date: 1916 written or discussed lower on the same page or on a following page

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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