subterranean
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sub·ter·ra·ne·an
(sŭb′tə-rā′nē-ən)adj.
1. Situated or operating beneath the earth's surface; underground.
2. Hidden; secret: subterranean motives for murder.
sub′ter·ra′ne·an·ly adv.
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subterranean
(ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪən)adj
1. Also: subterraneous or subterrestrial situated, living, or operating below the surface of the earth
2. existing or operating in concealment
[C17: from Latin subterrāneus, from sub- + terra earth]
ˌsubterˈraneanly, ˌsubterˈraneously adv
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sub•ter•ra•ne•an
(ˌsʌb təˈreɪ ni ən)adj. Also, sub`ter•ra′ne•ous.
1. existing, situated, or operating below the earth's surface; underground.
2. existing or operating out of sight or secretly.
n. 3. a person or thing that is subterranean.
[1595–1605; < Latin subterrāneus= sub- + terra earth]
sub`ter•ra′ne•an•ly, adv.
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Adj. | 1. | subterranean - being or operating under the surface of the earth; "subterranean passages"; "a subsurface flow of water" subsurface - beneath the surface; "subsurface materials of the moon" |
2. | subterranean - lying beyond what is openly revealed or avowed (especially being kept in the background or deliberately concealed); "subterranean motives for murder"; "looked too closely for an ulterior purpose in all knowledge"- Bertrand Russell covert - secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; "covert actions by the CIA"; "covert funding for the rebels" |
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subterranean
adjectiveLocated or operating beneath the earth's surface:
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Translations
تَحت أرضي
podzemní
underjordisk
unterirdischsubterran
neîanjarîar-
požeminis
apakšzemes-pazemes-
podzemie
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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subterranean
adj → unterirdisch; (fig) force, power → verborgen
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subterranean
[ˌsʌbtəˈreɪnɪən] adj → sotterraneo/aCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
subterranean
(sabtəˈreiniən) adjective lying, situated or constructed underground. subterranean passages.
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