thereunder

[ thair-uhn-der ]

/ ˌðɛərˈʌn dər /

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adverb

under or beneath that.

under the authority of or in accordance with that.

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Origin of thereunder

before 900; Middle English therunder,Old English thǣrunder.See there, under

Words nearby thereunder

there's no telling, there's no time like the present, thereto, theretofore, Return of the Native, The, thereunder, thereupon, There was a little girl / Who had a little curl, “There Was an Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”, therewith, therewithal

How to use thereunder in a sentence

And under it on benches the usual crowd gathered reposing comfortably thereunder from day to day.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
She likewise renounces in favor of China any claim to indemnities accruing thereunder subsequent to March 14, 1917.
Harper's Pictorial Library of the World War, Volume XII|Various
Thereunder crept Ulysses, and found great store of leaves, shelter enough for two or three, even in a great storm.
Stories of the Old world|Alfred John Church
I dexterously substituted my middle finger for my thumb as I pressed the wax thereunder.
The Mercy of Allah|Hilaire Belloc

Wall A-I intersected the modern highway at an acute angle, disappeared thereunder and reappeared beyond.
The Cultural History of Marlborough, Virginia|C. Malcolm Watkins

British Dictionary definitions for thereunder

thereunder

/ (ˌðɛərˈʌndə) /

adverb formal

(in documents, etc) below that or it; subsequently in that; thereafter

under the terms or authority of that

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