Definitions for underlie

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underlie un·der·lie

Spelling: [uhn-der-lahy]

IPA: /ˌʌn dərˈlaɪ/

Underlie is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 226 anagrams from letters in underlie (deeilnru).

Definitions for underlie

verb (used with object)

1. to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
2. to be at the basis of; form the foundation of.
3. Grammar. to function as the root morpheme or original or basic form of (a derived form): .
4. Finance. to be primary to another right or security.

Origin of underlie

before 900; Middle English underlyen (v.), Old English underlicgan. See under-, lie²

Examples for underlie

These were the sort of questions that seemed to underlie the man's spoken words.

The concept of impulse control comes from a better understanding of the brain mechanisms that underlie self-restraint.

In Northumberland the same fact appears to underlie the evidence.

It is known to underlie the entire western part of the State.

Here the lava is noted for the number and extent of the caves that underlie it.

Now, in the first study of its kind, neuroscientists have pinpointed the brain circuits that underlie unrealistic optimism.

The Principles of Structure must precede and underlie those of Quality.

The great revelations that underlie this latter day work are true.

A study of Shakespeare's verbs should underlie all exercises in style.

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