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Belo Horizonte
Beloit
belong
Belonger
belonging
Belorussia
beloved
below
below-the-fold
belowground
Belsen
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belt
belt bomber
belt down
belt drive
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below

be·low [ bi lṓ ] CORE MEANING: a grammatical word indicating a position beneath or lower than something
 (prep) a river below the town
 (adv) on the shelf below
Definition:
 
1. preposition in lower grade: at or to a level, standard, or grade that is lower than that specified or understood
animals ranked below humans
below average
30 degrees below

2. adverb further down: lower down or later on in a text, especially on the same page
see below
on page 29 below

3. adverb nautical lower than deck: on or to a level of a ship or boat that is lower than the deck

[14th century. < earlier form of by1 + low1]
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