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What (who) is Underlie - definition
underlie
v. a.
1.
Lie under, rest beneath, be situated under.
2.
Support, be at the basis of.
underlie
¦ verb (underlies, underlying; past underlay; past participle underlain)
1. lie or be situated under.
2. [often as adjective underlying] be the cause or basis of.
underlie
(underlies, underlying, underlay, underlain)
If something underlies a feeling or situation, it is the cause or basis of it.
Try to figure out what feeling underlies your anger.
VERB: V n
see also underlying
Examples of use of Underlie
1. Tensions over economic policy underlie the conflict.
2. The trust itself had insisted that financial considerations did not underlie its policy.
3. On the other hand, significant deposits of brackish groundwater underlie many areas of the country.
4. The new approach incorporates the sun‘s basic physical processes that underlie the cycles.
5. Two broad assumptions seem to underlie the overly optimistic approach of the Bush team.