Associations to the word «Underlying»
Noun
- Assumption
- Prognosis
- Pathology
- Mechanism
- Rationale
- Stratum
- Shale
- Abnormality
- Sandstone
- Determinant
- Expiration
- Dysfunction
- Phoneme
- Disorder
- Asset
- Symptom
- Motivation
- Geology
- Principle
- Hypertension
- Cause
- Swap
- Tcp
- Anemia
- Malnutrition
- Topology
- Semantics
- Schema
- Cartilage
- Limestone
- Weathering
- Imbalance
- Treating
- Dynamics
- Layer
- Crust
- Api
- Tissue
- Manifestation
- Magma
- Outcrop
- Phenotype
- Dividend
- Variance
- Sediment
- Diabetes
- Dementia
- Lesion
- Disease
- Ontology
- Mantle
- Basalt
- Impairment
- Fundamental
- Worldview
- Delirium
- Phonology
- Erosion
- Variable
Adjective
- Topological
- Phonological
- Causal
- Neural
- Neuronal
- Syntactic
- Systemic
- Epithelial
- Neurological
- Sedimentary
- Factual
- Derivative
- Tectonic
- Cortical
- Stochastic
- Pathological
- Observable
- Physiological
- Superficial
- Cognitive
- Biochemical
- Conceptual
- Manifold
- Therapeutic
- Chronic
- Latent
- Fundamental
- Metabolic
- Motive
- Pulmonary
- Glacial
- Invariant
- Renal
- Vascular
- Semantic
Wiktionary
UNDERLYING, adjective. Lying underneath
UNDERLYING, adjective. Basic or fundamental
UNDERLYING, adjective. Implicit
UNDERLYING FORM, noun. (phonology) A property of a morpheme; the abstract form that the morpheme is postulated to have before any phonological rules have applied to it.
Dictionary definition
UNDERLYING, adjective. In the nature of something though not readily apparent; "shortcomings inherent in our approach"; "an underlying meaning".
UNDERLYING, adjective. Located beneath or below.
UNDERLYING, adjective. Being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles".
Wise words
A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is
the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color
and content according to the circumstances and time in which
it is used.