thereunder
Americanadverb
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under or beneath that.
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under the authority of or in accordance with that.
adverb
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(in documents, etc) below that or it; subsequently in that; thereafter
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under the terms or authority of that
Etymology
Origin of thereunder
before 900; Middle English therunder, Old English thǣrunder. See there, under
Example Sentences
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“Apple, despite knowing its obligations thereunder, thwarted the injunction’s goals, and continued its anticompetitive conduct solely to maintain its revenue stream.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2025
Thus, Riley Keough would become a co-trustee alongside her grandmother "with respect to the trust and all trust created thereunder."
From Salon • Feb. 1, 2023
Often he walked into beauty parlors, peeped under hair dryers, introduced himself to the surprised clients thereunder, explaining: "I need your vote."
From Time Magazine Archive
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Judge John H. Lyle then issued vagrancy warrants for the arrest thereunder of notorious gangsters.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I saw the roof-tree down the vale, Brave fields of harvest spread thereunder; The collie waved a feathery tail And led me to the House of Wonder.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 147, July 29, 1914 by Various
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