belowadverb, preposition
uk/bɪˈləʊ/us/bɪˈloʊ/below adverb, preposition (POSITION)
A1 in a lower position (than), under:
From the top of the skyscraper the cars below us looked like insects.
The author's name was printed below the title.
For further information on this subject, see below (= lower on the page or later in the book).
The ship's captain went below (= to the lower, covered part of the ship).
Do you usually wear your skirts above or below the knee?
She has three people working below her (= people to whom she gives orders).
More examples
- We looked out of the aircraft window down onto the patchwork of fields below.
- The sun glowed red as it sank slowly below the horizon.
- The temperature is expected to drop to ten degrees below zero tonight.
- The results are well below what we expected.
- Please print your name clearly below your signature.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Under & below
- beneath
- low
- lower
- neath
- nether
- sub
- under
- under
- underfoot
- underlying
- underneath
below adverb, preposition (LESS)
B1 less than a particular amount or level:
They have three children below the age of (= younger than) four.
His marks in English have been below average for some time now.
The temperature has fallen below freezing (= has been less than 0°C) recently.
Last night it was ten degrees below (zero) (= minus ten degrees).
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Small in number and quantity
- beggarly
- certain
- could count sth on (the fingers of) one hand idiom
- drabs
- few
- flicker
- less
- little
- mild
- minimal
- modest
- narrow
- negligible
- niggardly
- none to speak of idiom
- outside
- slender
- small
- thinly
- under
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Idiom(s)
below the belt