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Learn the meaning and usage of the preposition or adverb beneath, which means 'at a lower level than'. See how to use it with or without numbers, and how it differs from under and below.
The meaning of BENEATH is in or to a lower position : below. How to use beneath in a sentence.
If you say that someone or something is beneath you, you feel that they are not good enough for you or not suitable for you. They decided she was marrying beneath her. Many find themselves having to take jobs far beneath them.
Things that are under something else are beneath it. A star gazer is beneath the night sky, and tropical fish swim beneath the surface of the water. When one apple hangs lower on a tree than another, the first apple is beneath the second.
preposition. below; under: beneath the same roof. farther down than; underneath; lower in place than: The first drawer beneath the top one. lower down on a slope than: beneath the crest of a hill. inferior or less important, as in position, rank, or power: A captain is beneath a major.
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and grammar of the preposition beneath, which means in or to a lower position than somebody or something. See examples, synonyms and word origin of beneath.
1. Something that is beneath another thing is under the other thing. [...] 2. If you talk about what is beneath the surface of something, you are talking about the aspects of it which are hidden or not obvious. [...] 3. If you say that someone or something is beneath you, you feel that they are not good enough for you or not suitable for you. [...]
