underlie
verb (used with object)
to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
is underlying
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present progressiveof underlie (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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"We now have all these new molecular targets and a better understanding of what is underlying the biology, which could give us new angles to improve outcomes for patients," Shalek says.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 31, 2025
As Hollywood and cinephiles gear up for the Academy Awards on Sunday, there is underlying tension as many are torn between concern for the ongoing war overseas and the frivolity of Hollywood's biggest night.
From Salon ● Mar. 8, 2024
He added that the inaccurate website information “fuels a belief by the plaintiffs that something is underlying this failure to process the claims, and the delays in consideration are being done for an ulterior motive.”
From Washington Post ● Jul. 24, 2020
“But all that remains under all that competition is underlying random fluctuations.”
From Slate ● Jun. 18, 2015
So I tell you this, as I would any sorrow of my own, because it has become a part of me, and is underlying all that I think to-day.
From An Englishwoman's Love-Letters by Laurence Housman
