{
    "term": "beneath",
    "partOfSpeech": "preposition",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "in or to a lower position than somebody/something; under somebody/something",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "They found the body buried beneath a pile of leaves."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boat sank beneath the waves."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not good enough for somebody",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He considers such jobs beneath him."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They thought she had married beneath her *(= married a man of lower social status)*."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈniːθ/",
                "audio": "be/beneath/beneath__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/bɪˈniːθ/",
                "audio": "be/beneath/beneath__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English binithan, bineothan, from bi (be, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch bij and German bei) + nithan, neothan ‘below’, of Germanic origin; related to nether."
}