Definition of below adverb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

There are 30 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word below, three of which are labelled obsolete. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

Our apartment is below theirs. Her skirt reached below her knees. The sun dipped below the horizon. A lieutenant is below a captain. Adverb The pencil rolled off the desk and fell to the floor below. The …

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In formal writing, we use below to refer to something that we will mention or show later: In the figure below, the results show that 54% of the rats tested were carrying the antibody …

We use below most commonly as a preposition meaning ‘lower than’. It has a similar meaning to under. The opposite of below is above. We use it when there is no contact between people or things: … In …

At a later point in a page or writing; further on in the same part or division: as, particulars are given below; see the statistics below. Lower down in a course or direction, as toward the mouth of a river …

You use below in a piece of writing to refer to something that is mentioned later. Please write to me at the address below.

Below, under, beneath indicate position in some way lower than something else. Below implies being in a lower plane: below the horizon, the water line.

BELOW definition: in or toward a lower place. See examples of below used in a sentence.

Below, under, beneath indicate position in some way lower than something else. Below implies being in a lower plane: below the horizon, the water line.

BELOW definition: in or toward a lower place. See examples of below used in a sentence.

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