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below

below

409 1.0
A part of the same document that appears further down the page
  • adverb
  • /bɪˈloʊ/
translation icon : más abajo
  • Learn more at the link below your video.
  • discussed below
  • described below
  • see below

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Examples

  • So let us know in the comments below who won round one.

  • The course on death and dying, as outlined below, may help generate ideas.

    Academic text (1999)

  • And so do leave some comments below this post.

    ZOE

  • So click the link below and vote for me now.

    Black Beard Projects

  • I will link that video below and I will be right back.

    Tati

  • There is a link below and goodbye for now.

    Brain Blaze

  • So comment below, let me know if you guys are gonna check these out.

    The Dark Web Tapes (2020)

  • You will find some links below this video.

    Be Clever With Your Cash

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    Marcel the Shell with Shoes On (2022)

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Synonyms

as follows
vsbelow
  • Formal
64 1.0

To show a list or explanation that comes next

is only a locative pointer to a later place, not for introducing lists
infra
vsbelow
  • Formal
9.9

Later in the text

is the everyday English way to refer to a later point in the document
hereunder
vsbelow
  • Formal
9.0

Under the rules written below in this document

is a general locative term for a later part of the same text

Antonyms

above
812 1.0

Mentioned earlier in the text or document

earlier
4 1.0

Before now or before a set time

Idioms

below the belt
  • Informal
9 6.7

An action or remark that is unfair and hurtful, especially when it attacks someone's personal life

below par
  • Informal
1 4.8

Worse than usual or expected in quality, performance and health

below decks
  • Informal
1 7.7

In private and away from public attention

below the salt
  • Archaic
9.9

To be in a lower social or work position and have other people treat you as less important

to dine below the mahogany
  • Archaic
9.9

To eat a formal meal in a grand room with important people

to punch below one's weight
  • Informal
8.1

To do less well than your skills or what people expect

Compounds

below decks
4 4.6

In the space under the main deck of a ship

How Formal

hereinafter
  • Formal
1 8.9
thereinafter
  • Formal
9.5
below
409 1.0
afterward
  • US
204 1.1

Surface Forms

below positive
below comparative
below superlative

Morphology

below = low (semi-transparent) = be + low

The sense 'further down in a text' extends naturally from the idea of being lower, but the prefix 'be-' itself is fossilized.

Etymology

The word below comes from old parts be- meaning 'by' and low meaning 'not high', the same root as the word low. So in writing, below tells you to look 'further down' on the page or later in the text.