Usually means: Positioned beneath or lower than.
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We found 38 dictionaries that define the word under:

General (29 matching dictionaries)
  1. under: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. under, under-: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. under, under-: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. under, under-: Collins English Dictionary
  5. under: Vocabulary.com
  6. Under, Under, under: Wordnik
  7. under, under-: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. under, under-: Wiktionary
  9. under, under-: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. under, under-: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. under: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. under, under-: Dictionary.com
  13. under (prep., adv.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. under, under-: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  15. Under (Pleasure P song), Under (song), Under: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Under: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. under: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. under: Rhymezone
  19. under: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. under, under-: MyWord.info
  21. under: Free Dictionary
  22. under: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. under: LookWAYup Translating Dictionary/Thesaurus
  24. under, under: Dictionary/thesaurus
  25. under: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations
  26. under: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  27. under-: Dictionary/thesaurus

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. AD&D Dwarven Dictionary (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. under: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  2. UNDER: Vocabulary of Loss: Suicide, Grief, and Ethics

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. under: LITTLE EXPLORERS(TM) Picture Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. under, under: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. under, under[brood]: Urban Dictionary

Sports (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)

(Note: See unders as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
adverb:  In or to a lower or subordinate position, or a position beneath or below something, physically or figuratively.
adverb:  So as to pass beneath something.
adverb:  (usually in compounds) Insufficiently.
adverb:  (informal) In or into an unconscious state.
adjective:  Lower; beneath something.
adjective:  In a state of subordination, submission or defeat.
adjective:  (medicine, colloquial) Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
adjective:  (informal) Insufficient or lacking in a particular respect.
adjective:  Down to defeat, ruin, or death.
noun:  The amount by which an actual total is less than the expected or required amount.

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