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be·low (bi lō′)

adverb, adjective

  1. in or to a lower place; beneath
  2. in a lower place on the page or on a later page (of a book, etc.)
  3. in or to hell
  4. on earth
  5. on or to a lower floor or deck
  6. in or to a lesser rank, amount, etc.
  7. at a temperature lower than zero it reached 13 below

Etymology: see be- & low

  1. lower than, as in position, rank, or worth
  2. unworthy of it is below her to say that

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below

modif. and prep.

  1. Lower in position

    beneath, underneath, down from; see under 1.

  2. Lower in rank or importance

    inferior, subject to, lesser; see subordinate, under 2.

  3. In written work, farther along

    following, later, on a following page, infra, vide infra, v.i. (all Latin), in a statement to be made, hereinafter, subsequently.

    Antonyms earlier, above*, on a previous page.

  4. In a ship, on or to a lower deck

    between-decks, below-decks, in the hold, in steerage, in the engine room, below the waterline.

  5. On earth

    in this world, here below, under the sun, on the face of the earth, in mundane existence, in this period of earthly probation, in this our life, here.

  6. In hell

    in the underworld, with the fallen angels, in Pluto's realm, damned, condemned, in Inferno; see also damned 1.

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adv

  1. Later in the same document. See also infra.
  2. Of or in a court whose decision can be appealed. For example, when referring to a lower court’s decision, an appellant court may rule that “the decision below” is affirmed or reversed.
below Quotes

Man cannot live on the human plane, he must be either above or below it.

—Gill, (Arthur) Eric Rowton

He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms.

—Parker, Dorothy ne¤  e Rothschild