Undergo vs Under - What's the difference?
undergo | under |
(obsolete) To go or move under or beneath.
To experience; to pass through a phase.
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To suffer or endure; bear with.
In or at a lower level than.
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, title= As a subject of; subordinate to.
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Less than.
Below the surface of.
(figuratively) In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
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As, in the character of.
* 2013 , The Huffington Post, JK Rowling Pseudonym: Robert Galbraith's 'The Cuckoo's Calling' Is Actually By Harry Potter Author [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/13/jk-rowling-pseudonym-robert-galbraith_n_3592769.html]
In a way lower or less than.
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In a way inferior to.
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In an unconscious state.
Being lower; being beneath something.
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As a verb undergo
is to go or move under or beneath.As a preposition under is
in or at a lower level than.As an adverb under is
in a way lower or less than.As an adjective under is
being lower; being beneath something.undergo
English
Verb
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- The project is undergoing great changes.
- The victim underwent great trauma.
- She had to undergo surgery because of her broken leg.
Anagrams
* English irregular verbsunder
English
Preposition
(English prepositions)- The little boys in the front bedroom had thrown off their blankets and lay under the sheets.
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High and wet, passage=Floods in northern India, mostly in the small state of Uttarakhand, have wrought disaster on an enormous scale.
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- England's World Cup dreams fell apart under a French onslaught on a night when their shortcomings were brutally exposed at the quarter-final stage.
- J.K. Rowling has written a crime novel called 'The Cuckoo's Calling' under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith.
Synonyms
* below * beneath * underneathAntonyms
* above * overAdverb
(-)- It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under .
Synonyms
* below * beneathAntonyms
* above * overAdjective
(en adjective)- I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection.
- The minstrel fell, but the foeman's chain / Could not bring his proud soul under .