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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Below \Be*low"\, prep. [Pref. be- by + low.] 1. Under or lower in place beneath not so high; as below the moon; below the knee. --Shak. 2. Inferior to in rank, excellence, dignity, value, amount, price, etc.; lower in quality. ``One degree below kings.'' --Addison. 3. Unworthy of unbefitting; beneath. They beheld, with a just loathing and disdain, . . . how below all history the persons and their actions were --Milton. Who thinks no fact below his regard. --Hallam. Syn: Underneath; under beneath. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Below \Be*low"\, adv 1. In a lower place with respect to any object; in a lower room beneath. Lord Marmion waits below. --Sir W. Scott. 2. On the earth, as opposed to the heavens. The fairest child of Jove below. --Prior. 3. In hell, or the regions of the dead. What business brought him to the realms below. --Dryden. 4. In court or tribunal of inferior jurisdiction; as at the trial below. --Wheaton. 5. In some part or page following. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: below adv 1: in or to a place that is lower [syn: {at a lower place}, {to a lower place}, {beneath}] [ant: {above}] 2: at a later place "see below" [ant: {above}] 3: (in writing) see below; "vide infra" [syn: {infra}] 4: on a floor below; "the tenants live downstairs" [syn: {downstairs}, {down the stairs}, {on a lower floor}] [ant: {upstairs}] 5: further down "see under for further discussion" [syn: {under}]
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