below

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.