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underlying
 
Adjective underlying has 3 senses
  1. implicit in, inherent, underlying - in the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning"
    Antonyms: explicit, expressed (indirect, via implicit)
  2. underlying - located beneath or below
    Antonym:     superjacent (indirect, via subjacent)
  3. fundamental, rudimentary, underlying - being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incompatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"
    Antonyms: incidental, incident (indirect, via basic)
Verb underlie has 2 senses
  1. underlie - be or form the base for
    --1 is one way to     be
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
  2. underlie - lie underneath
    --2 is one way to     lie
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s something
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