underlie

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. fiil To lie in a position directly beneath something.
2. fiil To lie under or beneath.

   “A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.”

3. fiil To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.

   “a doctrine underlying a theory”

4. fiil To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.

   “The knight of Ivanhoe […] underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert.”

5. fiil To underlay.