below
♦♦ be|low /bɪl'oʊ/
1 [PREP]
If something is below something else, it is in a lower position.
He appeared from the apartment directly below Leonard's...
The path runs below a long brick wall...
The sun had already sunk below the horizon...
≠ above
[ADV] n ADV, ADV after v
Below is also an adverb.
...a view to the street below...
Spread out below was a great crowd.
2 [PHRASE]
If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
They have designed a system which pumps up water from 70m below ground...
3 [ADV] n ADV, ADV after v
You use below in a piece of writing to refer to something that is mentioned later.
Please write to me at the address below...
4 [PREP]
If something is below a particular amount, rate, or level, it is less than that amount, rate, or level.
Night temperatures can drop below 15 degrees Celsius...
Rainfall has been below average.
≠ above
[ADV]
Below is also an adverb.
...temperatures at zero or below.
5 [PREP]
If someone is below you in an organization, they are lower in rank.
Such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.
≠ above
6
below par: see parbe|low stairs
also below-stairs
[ADV] n ADV, ADV after v
People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
...a glimpse of life below stairs at Buckingham Palace.
[ADJ] usu ADJ n
Below-stairs is also an adjective.
...the below-stairs world of a 1920s country house.
1 [PREP]
If something is below something else, it is in a lower position.
He appeared from the apartment directly below Leonard's...
The path runs below a long brick wall...
The sun had already sunk below the horizon...
≠ above
[ADV] n ADV, ADV after v
Below is also an adverb.
...a view to the street below...
Spread out below was a great crowd.
2 [PHRASE]
If something is below ground or below the ground, it is in the ground.
They have designed a system which pumps up water from 70m below ground...
3 [ADV] n ADV, ADV after v
You use below in a piece of writing to refer to something that is mentioned later.
Please write to me at the address below...
4 [PREP]
If something is below a particular amount, rate, or level, it is less than that amount, rate, or level.
Night temperatures can drop below 15 degrees Celsius...
Rainfall has been below average.
≠ above
[ADV]
Below is also an adverb.
...temperatures at zero or below.
5 [PREP]
If someone is below you in an organization, they are lower in rank.
Such people often experience less stress than those in the ranks immediately below them.
≠ above
6
below par: see parbe|low stairs
also below-stairs
[ADV] n ADV, ADV after v
People sometimes use below stairs to refer to the servants in a rich household and the things that are connected with them.
...a glimpse of life below stairs at Buckingham Palace.
[ADJ] usu ADJ n
Below-stairs is also an adjective.
...the below-stairs world of a 1920s country house.