beneath

[Be*neath·]

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.

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Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.

Adverb
in or to a place that is lower


prep.
Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.

prep.
Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.

prep.
Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.

adv.
In a lower place; underneath.

adv.
Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.


Beneath

Be*neath" , prep. [OE. benethe, bineoen, AS. beneoan, benyan; pref. be- + neoan, nyan, downward, beneath, akin to E. nether. See Nether.] 1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii. 19.
Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies.
2. Under, in relation to something that is superior, or that oppresses or burdens.
Our country sinks beneath the yoke.
3. Lower in rank, dignity, or excellence than; as, brutes are beneath man; man is beneath angels in the scale of beings. Hence: Unworthy of; unbecoming.
He will do nothing that is beneath his high station.

Beneath

Be*neath" , adv. 1. In a lower place; underneath.
The earth you take from beneath will be barren.
2. Below, as opposed to heaven, or to any superior region or position; as, in earth beneath.

Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of.

In a lower place; underneath.

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Usage Examples

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty but without it one vastly beneath the rank of man.

The reason for the slow progress of the world seems to lie in a single fact. Every man is born under the yoke, and grows up beneath the oppressions of his age.

It's a terrible thing to be alone - yes it is - it is - but don't lower your mask until you have another mask prepared beneath - as terrible as you like - but a mask.

Politically, Obama's amazing streak of self-destructing opponents who have lain beneath his feet during his unlikely political career appears to be holding.

I mean, there is amazing amount of oil and gas and other resources out beneath the sea. It's staggering.

It's amazing that you can listen to any song and you can always tell when there's some substance beneath it and when there isn't. Even if it's poetically written and technically brilliant, I'd rather hear something that's all over the place but has some soul to it.

Deep down, no one really believes they have a right to live. But this death sentence generally stays tucked away, hidden beneath the difficulty of living. If that difficulty is removed from time to time, death is suddenly there, unintelligibly.

Let us keep the dance of rain our fathers kept and tread our dreams beneath the jungle sky.

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads.

Misspelled Form

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Other Usage Examples

I don't run away from a challenge because I am afraid. Instead, I run toward it because the only way to escape fear is to trample it beneath your feet.

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

Fifty percent of our country that we own, have all legal jurisdiction, have all rights to do whatever we want, lies beneath the sea and we have better maps of Mars than that 50 percent.

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again. We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless. That is the luxury of the wedding ring.

I married beneath me, all women do.

A real gentleman, even if he loses everything he owns, must show no emotion. Money must be so far beneath a gentleman that it is hardly worth troubling about.

Sorrows gather around great souls as storms do around mountains but, like them, they break the storm and purify the air of the plain beneath them.

Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one.

It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.

Standing beneath the white light of an Apple store is like standing on a Stanley Kubrick movie set. His '2001: A Space Odyssey' predicted Jobs and a future where technology was our friend. Kubrick, of course, didn't like what he saw. And occasionally, I have my doubts.

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