underlie
verb (used with object)
to lie under or beneath; be situated under.
will underlie
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future tenseof underlie.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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And with that, the candidates laid bare the themes that will underlie all they say and do and propose and reject for the next five months.
From Time Magazine Archive
Round the margin of the newspapers sentences are printed cautioning the readers against believing the criticisms they see, inasmuch as personal motives will underlie the greater number.
From The Note-Books of Samuel Butler by Samuel Butler
When we have a mixture of these fine particles of pigment on paper, some will underlie the others.
From Colour Measurement and Mixture by W. de W. Abney
That love will be the motive of all service, it will underlie, as its productive cause, all fruitfulness.
From Expositions of Holy Scripture Ephesians; Epistles of St. Peter and St. John by Alexander Maclaren
True thankfulness will well up at all moments, and will underlie and blend with all duties.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren
