underlie
Significat (Anglès)
- To lie in a position directly beneath something.
- To lie under or beneath.
- To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
- To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
- To underlay.
Sinònims
be subject to
cash in one’s chips
drip mat
give-up the ghost
cease to be
go to meet ones maker
Pronunciat com a (IPA)
/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ/
Etimologia (Anglès)
In summary
From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underliċġan (“to underlie, to be subject to, give way to”), equivalent to under- + lie. Cognate with Dutch onderliggen (“to lie below, lie on the bottom of”), German unterliegen (“to lie under, be subject to, succumb”).
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