underlie
uhn der lahy
- v be or form the base for
- v lie underneath
- But because defects in the mitochondria may underlie an astonishing range of very familiar illnesses, researchers are beginning to suspect that the real number is vastly higher.
- Labor suspects that it knows what causes underlie the discrimination against 40-year-oldsters.
- But the studies do highlight the very different ideas researchers have today about the mechanisms that underlie the condition.