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What does underlie mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word underlie? Here's what it means.

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  1. (intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath.
  2. (transitive) To lie under or beneath.
  3. (transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
  4. (transitive) To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
  5. (mining) To underlay.
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When we get to the appeal, let us focus on the issues that underlie the appeal.
Political motivations most likely underlie this transformation of tradition.
During this time the molecular processes of memory formation which underlie addiction are accelerated.
An imbalance of excitation and inhibition may underlie several neurological diseases, including autism, Tourette's syndrome and schizophrenia.
That may underlie the reasoning in the Court of Appeal in British Columbia too.
These assumptions underlie the justification for conventional screening for the premorbid or early stage of a disease.

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