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underplace

underplace verb: to place too low in a ranking.

Verb

underplace (third-person singular simple present underplaces, present participle underplacing, simple past and past participle underplaced)

  1. (transitive) To place too low in a ranking.

Forms of underplace

third-person singular presentunderplaces
present participleunderplacing
past participleunderplaced
pastunderplaced

Origin of underplace

From under- + place.

Questions about underplace

What does underplace mean?
Underplace means to place too low in a ranking.
What part of speech is underplace?
Underplace is a verb.
What is the past tense of underplace?
The past tense of underplace is underplaced.

Words near underplace in the dictionary

  1. underpinners
  2. underpinning
  3. underpinnings
  4. underpins
  5. underpitched
  6. underplace
  7. underplaced
  8. underplacement
  9. underplacements
  10. underplaces
  11. underplacing

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