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" The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization."
Max Baucus

Meaning of "undermine" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERMINE

ˌʌndəˈmaɪn


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERMINE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Undermine 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 undermine in English.

WHAT DOES UNDERMINE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of undermine in the English dictionary

The first definition of undermine in the dictionary is to wear away the bottom or base of. Other definition of undermine is to weaken gradually or insidiously. Undermine is also to tunnel or dig beneath.



CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNDERMINE

PRESENT

Present
I undermine
you undermine
he/she/it undermines
we undermine
you undermine
they undermine
Present continuous
I am undermining
you are undermining
he/she/it is undermining
we are undermining
you are undermining
they are undermining
Present perfect
I have undermined
you have undermined
he/she/it has undermined
we have undermined
you have undermined
they have undermined
Present perfect continuous
I have been undermining
you have been undermining
he/she/it has been undermining
we have been undermining
you have been undermining
they have been undermining
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 undermined
you undermined
he/she/it undermined
we undermined
you undermined
they undermined
Past continuous
I was undermining
you were undermining
he/she/it was undermining
we were undermining
you were undermining
they were undermining
Past perfect
I had undermined
you had undermined
he/she/it had undermined
we had undermined
you had undermined
they had undermined
Past perfect continuous
I had been undermining
you had been undermining
he/she/it had been undermining
we had been undermining
you had been undermining
they had been undermining
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

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

CONDITIONAL

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

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you undermine
we let´s undermine
you undermine
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to undermine
Past participle
undermined
Present Participle
undermining
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 UNDERMINE

antimine · calamine · calcimine · carmine · countermine · ethylamine · iridosmine · kalsomine · landmine · mine · overmine · picrocarmine · sycamine · tamein

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERMINE

underlooker · underlying · underlyingly · underman · undermanned · undermanning · undermasted · undermeaning · undermentioned · underminde · underminer · undermost · undern · undernamed · underneath · underniceness · undernote · undernourish · undernourished · undernourishment

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERMINE

amine · bellarmine · castanospermine · determine · domine · dopamine · ermine · examine · extermine · famine · glutamine · histamine · jasmine · melamine · of mine · predetermine · protamine · redetermine · small ermine · spermine

Synonyms and antonyms of undermine in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «UNDERMINE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «undermine» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «undermine» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF UNDERMINE

Find out the translation of undermine to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of undermine from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «undermine» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

逐渐削弱
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

minar
570 millions of speakers
en

English

undermine
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

कमजोर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقويض
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

подорвать
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

minar
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

অধোদেশ খনন করা
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

saper
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Melemahkan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

unterhöhlen
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

傷つける
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

약화시키다
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Undermine
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

làm suy yếu
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

கீழறுக்க
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

ढासळून टाकणे
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

baltalamak
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

minare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

podważać
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

підірвати
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

submina
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπονομεύσει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ondermyn
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

underminera
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

undergrave
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of undermine

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERMINE»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of undermine
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «undermine».

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

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «UNDERMINE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word undermine.
1
Bob Ainsworth
Failure in Afghanistan would have profound consequences for our national security. It would undermine the NATO alliance structure that has been the bedrock of Britain's defence for the last 60 years... I will not allow this to happen on my watch.
2
Roy Barnes
In my first year as governor, we solved some of the problems that had begun to undermine the Open Records Act. We gave the act teeth by providing criminal penalties for knowing violations.
3
Max Baucus
The Social Security trust fund is in pretty good shape today and we should not embark upon risky, dangerous schemes which will, in fact, undermine Social Security, such as privatization.
4
Omar Bongo
The African Union has to act in order to put an end to armed conflicts that undermine the continent, to fight against the devastation caused by AIDS and other contagious diseases, to promote sustainable development of its member states.
5
Daniel Boone
In this time the enemy began to undermine our fort, which was situated sixty yards from Kentucky River.
6
Laura Bush
I would never do anything to undermine my husband's point of view.
7
Kim Campbell
To suggest that Quebecers willingly give up the chance to exercise fully their influence within the federal government would be to betray the historical role Quebec has always played in Confederation, and to undermine the legitimacy of their pride and ambitions.
8
Dennis Cardoza
If the United States were to cut and run from Iraq, we would send a message of weakness that would embolden our terrorist enemies across the globe. A failed Iraq would destabilize the entire region and undermine U.S. national security for decades to come.
9
George Carey
And so in my warnings, I was pointing to a number of incidents around the communion that could undermine our growing sense of communion - of becoming a global communion. So that's why I pointed to New Westminster in Canada, to incidents in the United States, and Sydney itself.
10
Jamais Cascio
By ignoring tomorrow, we undermine today.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERMINE»

Discover the use of undermine in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to undermine and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Relationship Saboteurs: Overcoming the Ten Behaviors that ...
The book explores the ten most common relationship-undermining behaviors and shows you how to overcome them.
Randi Gunther, 2010
2
Termites in the Trading System: How Preferential Agreements ...
Jagdish Bhagwati, the internationally renowned economist who uniquely combines a reputation as the leading scholar of international trade with a substantial presence in public policy on the important issues of the day, shines here a ...
Jagdish Bhagwati, 2008
3
Uncharitable: How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their ...
A courageous call to free charity from its ideological and economic constraints
Dan Pallotta, 2010
4
How Obama's Gender Policies Undermine America
Women are riding out the recession more easily than men, with a lower unemployment rate and a higher percentage attaining high school diplomas and Bachelor and Master degrees.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, 2013
5
How the Obama Administration Threatens to Undermine Our ...
One of the easiest ways to increase public cynicism about elections is to change the rule book to make the laws governing how we vote more vague and less rigorous. “Reforms” have been passed amid claims they would increase voter turnout ...
John Fund, 2013
6
Muting Israeli Democracy: How Media and Cultural Policy ...
The result of years of critical analysis of Israeli media law, this book argues that the laws governing Israeli electronic media are structured to limit the boundaries of public discourse.
Amit M. Schejter, 2009
7
Management Redeemed: Debunking the Fads that Undermine ...
Looks at organizations such as Microsoft, Nike, and Ford to refute five popular notions of management and argue that multiple layers of management can strengthen a company
Frederick G. Hilmer, 1996
8
The Submerged State: How Invisible Government Policies ...
Mettler analyzes three Obama reforms—student aid, tax relief, and health care—to reveal the submerged state and its consequences, demonstrating how structurally difficult it is to enact policy reforms and even to obtain public ...
Suzanne Mettler, 2011
9
Water Can Undermine Your Health
This book will show you how to protect yourself and your family from deadly bacteria, viruses, chemicals, and other pollutants that are present in a large percentage of public water supplies.
N. W. Walker, 2008
10
The Battle for Hearts and Minds: Using Soft Power to ...
Examining the potential of nonmilitary strategies to reduce terrorism, including postconflict reconstruction, public diplomacy, and foreign assistance.
Alexander T. Lennon, Alexander T. J. Lennon, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERMINE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term undermine is used in the context of the following news items.
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How to Deal With People Who Undermine Everything You Do
It's called social undermining, and it may seem harmless enough, but it can take an emotional toll. You start to doubt yourself, you feel a lack of support, and you ... «Lifehacker, Jul 15»
2
3 Ways Leaders Accidentally Undermine Their Teams' Creativity
There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about where creativity comes from and how to nurture and grow it in a team. As a result, even well-meaning leaders ... «blogs.hbr.org, Jul 15»
3
Microsoft's quiet campaign to undermine the Mac
There's a troubling pattern emerging in Microsoft's new "mobile first, cloud first" product strategy: The Mac is last, if on the radar at all. Seeing as how Microsoft ... «InfoWorld, Jun 15»
4
Don't use northern development as 'Trojan Horse' to undermine
Influential Cape York Indigenous representative Noel Pearson has warned that development of the north must not be used as a "Trojan Horse" to undermine ... «ABC Online, Jun 15»
5
NDA using LG office to undermine AAP's elected govt: CPI
BJP should not use L-G's office to undermine the elected government, which reflects the aspirations of the people.” Share This Article. Share. Related Article. «The Indian Express, May 15»
6
Nursing homes need nurses: losing them would undermine
Any loss of registered nurses in aged care would undermine residents' access to palliative care, management of acute incidents and episodes as well as pain ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 15»
7
Sack civil servants who undermine gov't – Minister
Alhaji Limuna Mohammed-Muniru, Northern Regional Minister has served notice to civil servants who have the habit of undermining government and its ... «Citifmonline, May 15»
8
Vladimir Putin's global Orwellian campaign to undermine the West
Since it annexed Crimea a year ago, Russia has launched an all-out disinformation campaign on multiple fronts. State-run international news channels and ... «The Week Magazine, May 15»
9
Shell lobbied to undermine EU renewables targets, documents reveal
Shell successfully lobbied to undermine European renewable energy targets ahead of a key agreement on emissions cuts reached in October last year, newly ... «The Guardian, Apr 15»
10
Alberta premier tried to 'undermine' Harper and 'get him to quit so he …
INNISFAIL — Alberta Tory Leader Jim Prentice dismissed accusations Thursday from Wildrose Leader Brian Jean that he worked to undermine Prime Minister ... «National Post, Apr 15»
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