Dictionary Entry
underlying
underlying is a 10-letter English word with 4 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 19 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
10 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 19 · 4 senses
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- 1adjective
Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.
- 2adjective
in the nature of something though not readily apparent
"shortcomings inherent in our approach"
"an underlying meaning"
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- 3adjective
being or involving basic facts or principles
"the fundamental laws of the universe"
"a fundamental incomatibility between them"
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- 4adjective
located beneath or below
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