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/bɪlˈoʊ/ /bilˈoʊ/ Listen

adverb

Below adv.

1.

In a lower place, with respect to any object; in a lower room; beneath. "Lord Marmion waits below."

2.

On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. "The fairest child of Jove below."

3.

In hell, or the regions of the dead. "What business brought him to the realms below."

4.

In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as, at the trial below.

5.

In some part or page following.

preposition

Below prep.

1.

Under, or lower in place; beneath not so high; as, below the moon; below the knee.

2.

Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. "One degree below kings."

3.

Unworthy of; unbefitting; beneath. "They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain,... how below all history the persons and their actions were." "Who thinks no fact below his regard."

Synonyms: Underneath; under; beneath.

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Etymology of 'Below'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Below" Quotes from Famous Books

... voice below, now singing a gay little French chanson, a song of the cafe chantant and of ...

— The Doctor of Pimlico - Being the Disclosure of a Great Crime • William Le Queux

... brightness of the bedroom is stronger and glows out into the afternoon. A sparrow flutters up into the sudden stain with which the sun splashes the top of a tree and sits there twittering. In the shadow below the blackbird whistles once more. Now and then one seems to hear the voice that ...

— Rosinante to the Road Again • John Dos Passos

... general officers to concert the operations of the campaign. On the sixteenth day of the month he passed the Maese, and encamped at Overasselt, within two leagues and a half of the enemy, who had entrenched themselves between Goch and Gedap. He afterwards repassed the river below the Grave, and removed to Gravenbroeck, where he was joined by the British train of artillery from Holland. On the second day of August, he advanced to Petit Brugel, and the French retired before him, leaving Spanish Guelderkind to ...

— The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.II. - From William and Mary to George II. • Tobias Smollett

... first interview with Andr the 11th September, at Dobb's Ferry. A second one was proposed on board the sloop of war the Vulture, which Clinton sent for that purpose, on the 16th, to Teller's Point, about fifteen or twenty miles below West Point. General Washington, who was repairing, with M. de Lafayette, to the Hartford conference, crossed the Hudson the 18th, and saw Arnold, who shewed him a letter from Colonel Robinson, on board the Vulture, which stated that that officer requested a rendezvous with him to converse ...

— Memoirs, Correspondence and Manuscripts of General Lafayette • Lafayette

... clamor, and my head and heels were feeling very much as do those of gentlemen who have been dining out with "terrapin and seraphim" and their liquid accompaniments. At this time Miss R—— gave out utterly and went below, but I was filled with the idea that seasickness can be overcome by an effort of will, and stayed on, making an effort to "demonstrate," as the Christian Scientists say, and trying to look as if nothing were the matter. The San Francisco man remained ...

— A Woman's Impression of the Philippines • Mary Helen Fee

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