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thereunder

[ thair-uhn-der ]
/ ˌðɛərˈʌn dər /

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
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Example sentences from the Web for thereunder

  • For by them, we can at least get hold of him, and all points in his prior antics can be thereunder disposed of.

    The Arena|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

  • They wore turbans too, and thereunder peered out their elfin faces at me,—faces with protruding lower-jaws and bright eyes.

    The Island of Doctor Moreau|H. G. Wells

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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