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under
Being lower; being beneath something.
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adjective
Being lower; being beneath something.
Under anesthesia, especially general anesthesia; sedated.
“Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.”
adverb
In a way lower or less than.
In a way inferior to.
In an unconscious state.
“It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.”
preposition
In or at a lower level than.
As a subject of; subordinate to.
“He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.”
Less than.
Below the surface of.
In the face of; in response to (some attacking force).
“to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation”
As, in the character of.
“he writes books under the name John Smith”
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Ensure the patient is sufficiently under.
It took the hypnotist several minutes to make his subject go under.
He served in World War II under General Omar Bradley.
to collapse under stress; to give in under interrogation
he writes books under the name John Smith
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