Underlie synonyms

ŭn'dər-lī'

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underpin (related)
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presuppose (related)
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arise from (related)
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encompass (related)
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underly (related)
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underlying (related)
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embodied-in (related)
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embody (related)
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carry
(Agric.) To bear as a crop; produce
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bear
To hold in the mind
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hold up
(Idiomatic) To withstand; to stand up to; to survive.
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hold (related)
To keep oneself in a particular state.
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Underlie Sentence Examples

  • In the river-beds, however, and at some distance from the sea, older strata and eruptive rocks underlie the alluvium.

  • We shall first give the general principles which underlie the methods for the dry extraction of copper, and then proceed to a more detailed discussion of the plant used.

  • While it is true that the instruments and methods of research in these two branches are quite different in their details, there is so much in common in the fundamental principles which underlie their application, that it is unprofitable to consider them as completely distinct sciences.

  • Did you ever think what those sleepers are that underlie the railroad?

  • Other types of attractor appear to underlie natural phenomena.

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