Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to underlie
Participle: underlain; underlied
Gerund: underlying
Indicative
Present
| I | underlie |
| you | underlie |
| he;she;it | underlies |
| we | underlie |
| you | underlie |
| they | underlie |
Perfect
| I | have underlain; underlied |
| you | have underlain; underlied |
| he;she;it | has underlain; underlied |
| we | have underlain; underlied |
| you | have underlain; underlied |
| they | have underlain; underlied |
Past
| I | underlay; underlied |
| you | underlay; underlied |
| he;she;it | underlay; underlied |
| we | underlay; underlied |
| you | underlay; underlied |
| they | underlay; underlied |
Pluperfect
| I | had underlain; underlied |
| you | had underlain; underlied |
| he;she;it | had underlain; underlied |
| we | had underlain; underlied |
| you | had underlain; underlied |
| they | had underlain; underlied |
Future
| I | will underlie |
| you | will underlie |
| he;she;it | will underlie |
| we | will underlie |
| you | will underlie |
| they | will underlie |
Future Perfect
| I | will have underlain; underlied |
| you | will have underlain; underlied |
| he;she;it | will have underlain; underlied |
| we | will have underlain; underlied |
| you | will have underlain; underlied |
| they | will have underlain; underlied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | underlie |
| you | underlie |
| he;she;it | underlie |
| we | underlie |
| you | underlie |
| they | underlie |
Perfect
| I | have underlain; underlied |
| you | have underlain; underlied |
| he;she;it | have underlain; underlied |
| we | have underlain; underlied |
| you | have underlain; underlied |
| they | have underlain; underlied |
Imperfect
| I | underlay; underlied |
| you | underlay; underlied |
| he;she;it | underlay; underlied |
| we | underlay; underlied |
| you | underlay; underlied |
| they | underlay; underlied |
Pluperfect
| I | had underlain; underlied |
| you | had underlain; underlied |
| he;she;it | had underlain; underlied |
| we | had underlain; underlied |
| you | had underlain; underlied |
| they | had underlain; underlied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would underlie |
| you | would underlie |
| he;she;it | would underlie |
| we | would underlie |
| you | would underlie |
| they | would underlie |
Perfect
| I | would have underlain; underlied |
| you | would have underlain; underlied |
| he;she;it | would have underlain; underlied |
| we | would have underlain; underlied |
| you | would have underlain; underlied |
| they | would have underlain; underlied |
Imperative
| you | underlie |
| we | Let's underlie |
| you | underlie |
Verbs similar to 'underlie'
underline,
underlive,
undelve,
underaid,
underawe,
underbid,
underdig,
underfire,
underfit,
underfix,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E.
under licgan "to be subordinate to, to submit to;" see under + lie (v.). Meaning "to lie under or beneath" is attested from 1600; fig. sense of "to be the basis of" is attested from 1852 (implied in
underlying).
2. From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underliċġan (“to underlie, to be subject to, give way to”), equivalent to under- + lie. Cognate with Dutch onderliggen (“to lie below, lie on the bottom of”), German unterliegen (“to lie under, be subject to, succumb”). See: Dutch '
onderliggen', German, old spelling '
unterliegen'.
Verbs referencing "underlie"
Luxembourgish
ënnerleien.
Sample Sentences
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A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
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a doctrine underlying a theory
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[…] she was carved into the bole of a red cedar tree. Sun and storm had bleached the wood, moss here and there softened the crudeness of the modelling; sincerity underlay every stroke. [1941, Emily Carr, chapter 6, in Klee Wyck:]
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Some poems, echoing the purpose of early poetic treatises on scientific principles, attempt to elucidate the mathematical concepts that underlie prime numbers. Others play with primes’ cultural associations. Still others derive their structure from mathematical patterns involving primes. [2013 July-August, Sarah Glaz, “Ode to Prime Numbers”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 4:]
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The knight of Ivanhoe […] underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. [1819 December 20 (indicated as 1820), Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […], →OCLC:]