underground
adverb
beneath the surface of the ground.
undergrounds
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pluralof underground.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Glasgow and Budapest opened their undergrounds in 1896, as did Paris in 1900, New York in 1904, and Buenos Aires in 1913.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 14, 2022
This semester, Athey is teaching a class on subcultures and undergrounds at USC’s Roski School of Art and Design.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2017
Joining her in conversation is Luc Sante, a critic known for his journalistic exploration of urban undergrounds; his most recent book, “The Other Paris,” gives similar treatment to the City of Light.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2016
But he remained a name known primarily to those whose knowledge of the city’s music was steeped in various undergrounds.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2015
In the darkness, where at first, after so much sunlight, the little electric lamps seem to us scarcely more than glow-worms, we expected a certain amount of chilliness as in the undergrounds of our climate.
From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines
