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WordBand 6–7Core (NGSL)
underlie
/ˌʌn.də(ɹ)ˈlaɪ/
verb
to lie or exist beneath
- “A common theme underlies both perspectives.”Tatoeba
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Source: New General Service List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)