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Ali Khamenei

Meaning of "underlie" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERLIE

underlie  [ˌʌndəˈlaɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERLIE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underlie is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb underlie in English.

WHAT DOES UNDERLIE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of underlie in the English dictionary

The first definition of underlie in the dictionary is to lie or be placed under or beneath. Other definition of underlie is to be the foundation, cause, or basis of. Underlie is also to take priority over.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERLIE

PRESENT

Present
I underlie
you underlie
he/she/it underlies
we underlie
you underlie
they underlie
Present continuous
I am underlying
you are underlying
he/she/it is underlying
we are underlying
you are underlying
they are underlying
Present perfect
I have underlain
you have underlain
he/she/it has underlain
we have underlain
you have underlain
they have underlain
Present perfect continuous
I have been underlying
you have been underlying
he/she/it has been underlying
we have been underlying
you have been underlying
they have been underlying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I underlay
you underlay
he/she/it underlay
we underlay
you underlay
they underlay
Past continuous
I was underlying
you were underlying
he/she/it was underlying
we were underlying
you were underlying
they were underlying
Past perfect
I had underlain
you had underlain
he/she/it had underlain
we had underlain
you had underlain
they had underlain
Past perfect continuous
I had been underlying
you had been underlying
he/she/it had been underlying
we had been underlying
you had been underlying
they had been underlying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will underlie
you will underlie
he/she/it will underlie
we will underlie
you will underlie
they will underlie
Future continuous
I will be underlying
you will be underlying
he/she/it will be underlying
we will be underlying
you will be underlying
they will be underlying
Future perfect
I will have underlain
you will have underlain
he/she/it will have underlain
we will have underlain
you will have underlain
they will have underlain
Future perfect continuous
I will have been underlying
you will have been underlying
he/she/it will have been underlying
we will have been underlying
you will have been underlying
they will have been underlying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would underlie
you would underlie
he/she/it would underlie
we would underlie
you would underlie
they would underlie
Conditional continuous
I would be underlying
you would be underlying
he/she/it would be underlying
we would be underlying
you would be underlying
they would be underlying
Conditional perfect
I would have underlie
you would have underlie
he/she/it would have underlie
we would have underlie
you would have underlie
they would have underlie
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been underlying
you would have been underlying
he/she/it would have been underlying
we would have been underlying
you would have been underlying
they would have been underlying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you underlie
we let´s underlie
you underlie
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to underlie
Past participle
underlain
Present Participle
underlying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERLIE


Alai
ɑːˈlaɪ
ally
əˈlaɪ
belie
bɪˈlaɪ
disally
ˌdɪsəˈlaɪ
forelie
fɔːˈlaɪ
July
dʒuːˈlaɪ
misally
ˌmɪsəˈlaɪ
mislie
ˌmɪsˈlaɪ
outlie
ˌaʊtˈlaɪ
overlie
ˌəʊvəˈlaɪ
quillai
kɪˈlaɪ
rely
rɪˈlaɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERLIE

underlay
underlayer
underlayment
underleaf
underlease
underleaves
underlet
underletter
underletting
underleveraged
underlier
underline
underlinen
underling
underlining
underlip
underlit
underload
underlooker
underlying

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERLIE

Bonnie Prince Charlie
Border collie
charlie
Checkpoint Charlie
collie
creeping Charlie
curliewurlie
folie
girlie
goalie
Jolie
Kalgoorlie
kylie
lie
millie
nellie
ollie
rough collie
willie
wurlie

Synonyms and antonyms of underlie in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «underlie» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERLIE

Find out the translation of underlie to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underlie from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underlie» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

是…的原因
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

ser la razón fundamental de
570 millions of speakers

English

underlie
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

आबाद
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تكمن وراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лежат в основе
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ser a base de
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আচার-ব্যবহার করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

être à la base de
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Mendahului
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zugrunde liegen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

根底にある
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

감정 등의 근거가 되다
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Underlie
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nền tảng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிக்கோடிடும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

खाली असणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

altında yatan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

essere alla base di
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leżą u podstaw
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лежать в основі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

stau la baza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποτελούν τη βάση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderlê
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

ligger bakom
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ligger til grunn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underlie

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERLIE»

The term «underlie» is quite widely used and occupies the 36.464 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERLIE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underlie» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underlie» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underlie

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9 QUOTES WITH «UNDERLIE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word underlie.
1
John Desmond Bernal
The psychology of a complex mind must differ almost as much from that of a simple, mechanized mind as its psychology would from ours; because something that must underlie and perhaps be even greater than sex is involved.
2
Nathaniel Branden
Not a great deal is known about the factors in childhood that doubtless underlie a person's choice of career - I'm talking now about a career to which one is passionately committed, in contradistinction to a career chosen merely as a means of earning a living.
3
Peter R. Grant
Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties.
4
Sheena Iyengar
When I was very young, my background as a Sikh-American made me aware of the tensions that underlie choice.
5
Guy Gavriel Kay
When we work with history, to a very great degree we are all guessing. But by using motifs of time and history in a fantasy setting, we are acknowledging that this educated guesswork, invention, fantasy underlie our treatment of the past and its peoples - and we are not claiming a right to do with them as we will.
6
Ali Khamenei
The idea of human rights as a fundamental principle can be seen to underlie throughout Islamic teachings.
7
Ann-Marie MacDonald
In terms of the secrets that imbue and underlie 'Fall on Your Knees', they were as much of a mystery to me as I was creating the story as they are to the readers.
8
Thom Mayne
The huge problem in our society is the enormous ignorance of the ideas that underlie modern art.
9
Meg Whitman
Look at growth, look at how much time people spend on the Net and look at the variety of things that they are doing. It's all really good, so I am actually encouraged by the fundamentals that underlie usage growth on the Net.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERLIE»

Discover the use of underlie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underlie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
What Type of Contracts Underlie Aggregate Wage Dynamics?
This paper shows that it is possible to estimate the importance of different types of wage contracts at the aggregate level using the same data used to estimate standard Phillips curves.
Esteban Jadresic, 1997
2
Study of Different Physiological Components that Underlie ...
The current textbook view of inter-aural time difference processing was proposed half-a-century ago and evidence supporting this model are limited to the bird's auditory system.
Pablo Esteban Jercog, 2008
3
The Role of Temporal Construal in Understanding the ...
Although the principle that people are risk-averse when making decisions involving potential gains but risk-seeking when considering potential losses has been strongly supported (Tversky & Kahneman, 1981), the processes underlying the ...
Emily Nichole Stark, 2007
4
Memoirs: Explanation of Sheet. England and Wales
Taking the Camborne district first, and traversing the district from north to south, the following general average underlie of the principal lodes is obtained. The most northerly series of lodes in the Camborne district is that extending from Wheal ...
‎1906
5
Do Similar Neural Profiles Underlie Social Cognitive ...
Previous research suggests that schizophrenia and autism share similar behavioral deficits in social cognition.
Amy E. Pinkham, 2006
6
Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign
First lien, 12.56 miles of r 'lroad and all appurtenances as follows: Kirkwood, Carondelet Branch J unc., to Carondelet, Vulcan St., Mo., 10.95 mi es; Carondelet, Broadway, Mo., to Carondelet, Ferry Transfer Sta., 1.61 miles. Underlie $3,828,000 ...
‎1922
7
Moody's Analyses of Investments
Underlie Nos. 15 and 21, with provision by former to retire. Legal for S. B. in Cal. Listed on New York, Baltimore, and Richmond Stock Exchanges. No tax-free clause. Coupon, $1,000. 7. Auth. and outstanding, $2,000,000. Dated July 1, 1885; ...
John Moody, 1915
8
Mining American
The term hade is an inclination from the vertical plane. but is not the complement of the dip, as several late writers assume; nor is it “underlie,” since the latter expresses distance, while the former expresses inclination from the vertical.
‎1908
9
Mineral Resources Review
(1) The main underlie shaft which is in good order to the 100ft. level might be sunk on as far as required on the same underlie. (2) The winze from the 50ft. to the 100ft. level, which is nearly vertical. might be made use of as the central portion of ...
South Australia. Mines Dept, 1915
10
Moody's Manual of Investments: American and Foreign: ...
Underlie No. 23, which provides for retirement. Tax free in Pennsylvania. Company pays normal income tax of 2%. See rating below. 18. $100,000 Conshohocken Gas and Water 1st 4s; dated July 1, 1899; due July 1, 1929; interest J. and J. 1.
‎1920

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERLIE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underlie is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Response to Comment on “Expectations of brilliance underlie
Ginther and Kahn claim that academics' beliefs about the importance of brilliance do not predict gender gaps in Ph.D. attainment beyond mathematics and ... «Science Magazine, Jul 15»
2
Mutations in a single gene underlie vulnerability to two unrelated …
When a genetic error weakens a child's immunity, otherwise nonthreatening microbes can sicken and sometimes kill. In work published July 9 in Science, ... «The Rockefeller University Newswire, Jul 15»
3
Deeper Issues Underlie UC San Diego Lawsuit Over Raid by USC
[Updated 7/6/15 11:14 am with statements from UCSD and USC below.] A lawsuit that UC San Diego filed last week against the University of Southern California ... «Xconomy, Jul 15»
4
Greece's anti-solar, coal-based energy policies underlie its …
As Greece prepares for its referendum, Takis Grigoriou takes Greece to task for its highly polluting lignite power sector, its ditching of a successful solar program ... «The Ecologist, Jul 15»
5
Vested interests underlie calls for tow-truck rules
IT WAS dark, very dark. It was an accident scene. The CEO of a big company crashed into my car at another failed traffic light during another blackout caused by ... «BDlive, Jun 15»
6
α-synuclein conformation may underlie neurodegenerative variability
Varying structural conformations of α-synuclein may explain how one protein can give rise to distinct forms of neurodegeneration, say researchers. As reported ... «News-Medical.net, Jun 15»
7
Mutual interests underlie a strong China–Pakistan relationship
China seems to have abandoned its cautious approach to relations with Pakistan and has adopted a policy of active and deep engagement. This new approach ... «East Asia Forum, Jun 15»
8
Deep roots underlie the police brutality problem
Deep roots underlie the police brutality problem. by Kevin Gross, Rachel Hinton; on May 31, 2015; in Nation/World · 3 Comments ... «The Depaulia, May 15»
9
Iron may underlie effect of Alzheimer's risk allele
Ferritin in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) is associated with the APOE ε4 risk allele and predicts cognitive outcomes, ... «News-Medical.net, May 15»
10
NASH Cirrhosis May Underlie Liver Cancer
NASH Cirrhosis May Underlie Liver Cancer. Cryptogenic hepatocellular cancer could develop through the non-alcoholic steatohepatitis pathway. savesaved. «MedPage Today, May 15»

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