{
    "term": "underlying",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "important in a situation but not always easily noticed or stated clearly",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The underlying assumption is that the amount of money available is limited."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment may be an underlying cause of the rising crime rate."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Despite this month's disappointing figures, the underlying trend is healthy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He has no illusions about the underlying reality of army life."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was not sure what his underlying motives were."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The joke did not obscure the underlying seriousness of her point."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The underlying reasons for these differences will be explored in depth in the next chapter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Their policies have resulted in a definite underlying improvement in the economy."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "existing under the surface of something else",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the underlying rock formation"
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndəˈlaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "un/underlying/underlying__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌʌndərˈlaɪɪŋ/",
                "audio": "un/underlying/underlying__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}