underlie ●○○○○
ACADEMICFORMAL
un‧der‧lie /ˌʌndəˈlaɪ $ -ər-/ verb (past tense underlay /-ˈleɪ/, past participle underlain /-ˈleɪn/, present participle underlying, third person singular underlies) [transitive]
Irregular Forms: (underlain)(underlay)(underlying)
زیر چیزی قرار گرفتن، زمینه چیزی بودن
un‧der‧lie AC /ˌʌndəˈlaɪ $ -ər-/
verb (
past tense underlay /-ˈleɪ/,
past participle underlain /-ˈleɪn/,
present participle underlying,
third person singular underlies)
[transitive] formal [
Word Family: verb:
underlie;
adjective:
underlying]
to be the cause of something, or be the basic thing from which something develops:
the one basic principle that underlies all of the party’s policies ⇒
underlying [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲