below

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/bɪˈləʊ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/bɪˈloʊ/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(bi lō′)

Collocations for "below"


Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "below" in context.

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below

ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.
prep
  1. below the [water, rubble, surface]
  2. [swam, dove] below the [water]
  3. was [sitting, standing, waiting] below the [tree, hill]
  4. [hit, struck] below the belt
  5. (are living) below the poverty line
  6. below the [national, average, indicated] level
  7. below average
  8. (just) below the surface (of)
  9. below [par, standard, minimum]
adv
  1. (can't) [see, hear, tell] what is [happening, going on] below
  2. see below for (more) [details, instructions, information]
  3. please find more [details] below
  4. click on the link below for more [details]
  5. [demoted, moved] to the [class, group, stream] below
  6. look out below!
  7. [well, considerably] below
additional examples
  1. below the [water, rubble, surface]
  2. (can't) [see, hear, tell] what is [happening, going on] below
  3. [swam, dove] below the [water]
  4. see below for (more) [details, instructions, information]
  5. was [sitting, standing, waiting] below the [tree, hill]
  6. please find more [details] below
  7. [hit, struck] below the belt
  8. click on the link below for more [details]
  9. (are living) below the poverty line
  10. [five floors, four flights] below (us)
  11. below the [national, average, indicated] level
  12. [three] degrees below (zero)
  13. below average
  14. below (them) in the [league, rankings, seeding]
  15. (just) below the surface (of)
  16. [demoted, moved] to the [class, group, stream] below
  17. below [par, standard, minimum]
  18. look out below!
  19. [well, considerably] below
'below' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
above - address - age - alternate - article - attainment - average - belt - benchmark - blank - boiling - box - burrow - button - cache - caption - cart - cave - chart - crest - current - definition - dew - diagram - dip - disclaimer - discuss - download - elbow - equal - expectation - explain - feeder - figure - freezing - further - grade - guideline - heat - hip - hundred - illustrate - information - knee - light - line - list - normal - option - outline

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