Underlie synonyms

ŭn'dər-lī'

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presuppose (related)
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stem from (related)
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encompass (related)
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underpin (related)
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underlying (related)
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embody (related)
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arise from (related)
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embodied-in (related)
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underly (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

  • The prevailing formations appear to be granites which are veined with white quartz, and underlie old sedimentary brown sandstone and limestone formations.

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

  • Others maintain that at any rate two sources underlie Acts i.-xii., or even i.-xv.

  • During and since the deposition of the rocks that underlie them the tract has been the scene of repeated terrestrial disturbances.

  • Nino's story reads like that of such a female missionary, and something similar must underlie the story of her Armenian companions.

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