UNDERLYING
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Definition
verb
- To lie in a position directly beneath.
- To lie under or beneath.“A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.”
- To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.“a doctrine underlying a theory”
noun
- The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
adjective
- Lying underneath“We dug down to the underlying rock.”
- Basic or fundamental“Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry.”
- Implicit“Many nursery rhymes have an underlying meaning.”
Source: Wiktionary
