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10 Language-to-English Dictionariessous-jacent
Pronunciation / Transliteration: sou-zhah-sahn
"Il y a un problème sous-jacent que nous devons résoudre."
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Real but not immediately obvious; underlying causes or principles form the basis of something.
"We need to look at the underlying causes of the economic crisis."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Formed in English as a present participle of the verb 'underlie', from Old English underlicgan ('to lie under'), equivalent to under- + lie.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Underlying" is said worldwide
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sous-jacent
Transliteration: sou-zhah-sahn
"Il y a un problème sous-jacent que nous devons résoudre."
zugrundeliegend
Transliteration: tsoo-groon-duh-lee-gent
"Wir müssen die zugrundeliegenden Ursachen analysieren."
sottostante
Transliteration: sotto-stante
"Dobbiamo capire il problema sottostante."
subyacente
Transliteration: su-bya-sen-te
"Existe un problema subyacente en este sistema."
subjacente
Transliteration: sub-ʒa-sẽ-tʃi
"Precisamos identificar a causa subjacente."
अंतर्निहित
Transliteration: antar-nihit
"इस समस्या का अंतर्निहित कारण बहुत गहरा है।"
潜在的
Transliteration: qiánzài de
"我们需要找出潜在的原因。"
근본적인
Transliteration: geun-bon-jeok-in
"이 문제의 근본적인 원인을 찾아야 합니다."
根本的な
Transliteration: konponteki na
"問題の根本的な原因を調査する必要があります。"
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