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under

preposition

1 they found the baby under a bush:

beneath, below, underneath, at the foot/bottom of.

▷antonyms above, over.

2 the present rent is just under £1200:

less than, lower than, smaller than, not so much as, not as much as, below;

informal shy of.

▷antonyms more than, over.

3 all branch managers are under the retail director:

subordinate to, junior to, inferior to, secondary to, subservient to, reporting to, answerable to, responsible to, subject to;

controlled by, at the mercy of, under the heel of.

▷antonyms above, over.

4 forty holiday homes are under construction:

undergoing, in the process of, receiving.

5 half of the town was under water:

flooded by, immersed in, submerged by, sunk in, engulfed by, inundated by, drowned by.

▷antonyms above.

6 the finances of the council are under pressure:

subject to, liable to, bound by, controlled by, constrained by, under the control of, at the mercy of.

adverb

coughing and spluttering she went under:

down, downward, lower, below, underneath, beneath;

underwater, to the bottom.

under Oxford Dictionary of English