thereunder
Americanadverb
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under or beneath that.
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under the authority of or in accordance with that.
adverb
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(in documents, etc) below that or it; subsequently in that; thereafter
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under the terms or authority of that
Etymology
Origin of thereunder
before 900; Middle English therunder, Old English thǣrunder. See there, under
Example Sentences
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“Apple, despite knowing its obligations thereunder, thwarted the injunction’s goals, and continued its anticompetitive conduct solely to maintain its revenue stream.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
Thus, Riley Keough would become a co-trustee alongside her grandmother "with respect to the trust and all trust created thereunder."
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2023
I found your article excellent in that it represented the American Revolution as a rebellion, not especially against the English Crown, rather against certain conditions then prevailing thereunder.
From Time Magazine Archive
A. I have never given any assurance to anybody in the foreign area that goes beyond the law and the intent of the Congress or of treaties made thereunder.
From Time Magazine Archive
I saw the roof-tree down the vale, Brave fields of harvest spread thereunder; The collie waved a feathery tail And led me to the House of Wonder.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 by Various
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