below
be·low (bi lō′)
adverb, adjective
- in or to a lower place; beneath
- in a lower place on the page or on a later page (of a book, etc.)
- in or to hell
- on earth
- on or to a lower floor or deck
- in or to a lesser rank, amount, etc.
- at a temperature lower than zero it reached 13 below
- lower than, as in position, rank, or worth
- unworthy of it is below her to say that
below
modif. and prep.
Lower in position
beneath, underneath, down from; see under 1.Lower in rank or importance
inferior, subject to, lesser; see subordinate, under 2.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. 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. 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. In hell
in the underworld, with the fallen angels, in Pluto's realm, damned, condemned, in Inferno; see also damned 1.
adv
- Later in the same document. See also infra.
- Of or in a court whose decision can be appealed. For example, when referring to a lower courts decision, an appellant court may rule that the decision below is affirmed or reversed.
Man cannot live on the human plane, he must be either above or below it.
He lies below, correct in cypress wood, And entertains the most exclusive worms.
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