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Definitions for: Below
[adv] at a later place; "see below"
[adv] in or to a place that is lower
[adv] on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs"
[adv] (in writing) see below; "vide infra"
[adv] further down; "see under for further discussion"
Webster (1913) Definition: Be*low", prep. [Pref. be- by + low.]
1. Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below
the moon; below the knee. --Shak.
2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount,
price, etc.; lower in quality. ``One degree below kings.''
--Addison.
3. Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath.
They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . .
how below all history the persons and their actions
were. --Milton.
Who thinks no fact below his regard. --Hallam.
Syn: Underneath; under; beneath.
Be*low", adv.
1. In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower
room; beneath.
Lord Marmion waits below. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens.
The fairest child of Jove below. --Prior.
3. In hell, or the regions of the dead.
What business brought him to the realms below.
--Dryden.
4. In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the
trial below. --Wheaton.
5. In some part or page following.
Synonyms: at a lower place, beneath, down the stairs, downstairs, infra, on a lower floor, to a lower place, under
Antonyms: above, higher up, in a higher place, on a higher floor, supra, to a higher place, up the stairs, upstairs
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