HOW TO PRONOUNCE
underground
/ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/
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What does underground mean?
adjective
- Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.
- (figuratively) Hidden, furtive, secretive.
- (figuratively) Of or relating to an art forms (such as music) or subculture that is outside the mainstream, especially one that is unofficial and hidden from the authorities.
More meanings (9)
adverb
- Below the ground.
- Secretly.
noun
- The regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
- Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.
- A movement or organization of people who resist political convention.
- A movement or organization of people who resist artistic convention.
verb
- To route electricity distribution cables underground.
- simple past and past participle of undergrind
proper noun
- The London Underground.
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IPA pronunciation
/ˌʌn.dəɹˈɡɹaʊnd/
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See this word in context.
It was rough and simple, and not unlike what baby bears would have made of an underground house in the same circumstances.
And the count, who no longer entertained any doubt of his brother's madness, in his turn darted into that infernal underground maze.
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They found it dismal work alone there, underground, with such a fearful secret on their minds, and so many murders before them.
It is the very underground palace of the Serpent, the spirit of changing shape and color, that is the enemy of man.
If the underground worker is so swift in her progress, it is because the track followed has already been covered by another.