underlying
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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
underlying/ʌndəˈlʌɪɪŋ/
present participle of underlie.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
underlie/ʌndəˈlʌɪ/
▶verb (underlies, underlying; past underlay; past part. underlain)
- 1 lie or be situated under.
- 2 (often as adj. underlying) be the cause or basis of.
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- derivative
- dermatomyositis
- detached
- dip slope
- epigenetic
- exercise price
- foundation
- frame
- framework
- glaze
- harmonic progression
- hypostasis
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- loaded
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- mask
- metamessage
- myxoedema
- of
- osteoarthritis
- paradigm
- paradigm shift
- plate tectonics
- premise
- rock
- scarp slope
- substance
- substratum
- substructure
- subtext
- superstructure
- surface structure
- Tao
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- transformational grammar
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- underfur
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