preposition (formal)
1 in or to a lower position than sb/sth; under sb/sth:
They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves. * The boat sank beneath the waves.
2 not good enough for sb:
He considers such jobs beneath him. * They thought she had married beneath her (= married a man of lower social status). -< UNDER
beneath adverb:
Her careful make-up hid the signs of age beneath.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for beneath is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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