below

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Lower in spatial position than.

   • The treasure is buried two meters below the surface.
   • The marmalade is on the shelf below the bread.
2. 2

   Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc.

   • one degree below kings
   • The temperature is below zero.
3. 3

   Downstream of.

   • The River Thames is tidal below Teddington Lock.
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   1. 4

      South of.

      • Sudan is below Egypt.
   2. 5

      Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of

      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.
      • who thinks no fact below his regard
      • Such petty behavior is below me.
   3. 6

      Downstage of.

      • Below the sofa is a low, round coffee table.
   4. 7

      In or to a lower place.

      • The town is situated on a hillside, with a river running below.
      • He was pulled below by a sea monster.
   5. 8

      Later in the same text.

      • This point is explained below.
      • By their execution hereof, the Parties incur a legal obligation to pass consideration under this Loan Contract as is set forth below.
   6. 9

      Below zero.

      • It was forty degrees below.
   7. 10

      A surname.

The neighborhood

• synonymunderlower in value than
• synonymbeneathin a lower place
• synonymunderneathin a lower place
• antonymaboveantonym(s) of “lower in spatial position than”
• antonymoverantonym(s) of “lower in spatial position than”
• antonymupstreamantonym(s) of “downstream of”
• antonymaloftantonym(s) of “in a lower place”
• antonymoverheadantonym(s) of “in a lower place”
• antonymupantonym(s) of “in a lower place”
• antonymupstairsantonym(s) of “on a lower storey”
• antonymupwardsantonym(s) of “farther down”