underlying
/ˌʌndɚlˈaɪɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.17 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
adj
Basic or fundamental.
adj
noun
The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
Example Sentences
- "We dug down to the underlying rock."
- "Old Yew, which graspest at the stones That name the under-lying dead, Thy fibres net the dreamless head, Thy roots are wrapt about the bones."
- "During the track renewals, advantage was taken to redrain the area and the old spent ballast was removed down to the underlying rock, new ballast and drains being provided throughout."
- "Sometimes, the underlying layers are exposed by erosion, revealing the story of the rocks like an open book."
- "Points and straight lines are underlying elements of geometry."
- "Finding a successful treatment for Alzheimer’s faces two major hurdles: the first being we still don’t know enough about the disease’s underlying biology."