What is the difference between underly and underlie?
underly | underlie | Alternative forms |
* 1967 , , The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise
To lie in a position directly beneath.
To lie under or beneath.
To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
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, title= To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
* Sir Walter Scott
(mining) To underlay.
Underlie is a alternative form of underly.
As verbs the difference between underly and underlie
is that underly is an alternative spelling of lang=en while underlie is to lie in a position directly beneath.As an adjective underly
is poor; inferior.underly
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Etymology 1
From .Etymology 2
Verb
- I asked him what principles he felt should underly the care provided during such a voyage.
underlie
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Alternative forms
* underlyVerb
- A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
- a doctrine underlying a theory
Sarah Glaz
Ode to Prime Numbers, volume=101, issue=4, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes.}}
- The knight of Ivanhoe underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert.