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(un-der-ly-ing) 4 syllables

Definition

adjective. basic or fundamental; lying beneath something.

Example Sentence

We needed to find the underlying cause of the problem.

More Example Sentences

They discussed the underlying causes of the issue.

Hear It! Say It! Write It!

underlying
Hear It! Say It! Write It!

Rhymes

  • buying
  • crying
  • drying
  • dyeing
  • dying
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • flying
  • frying
  • guying
  • lying
  • plying
  • prying
  • shying
  • sighing
  • spying
  • tieing
  • trying
  • tying
  • vying

  • allying
  • applying
  • belying
  • complying
  • decrying
  • defying
  • denying
  • implying
  • relying
  • replying
  • retrying
  • supplying
  • undying

  • misapplying
  • overflying
  • overlying
  • semidrying
  • underlying

  • indemnifying
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