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adj. Lying under or beneath something: underlying strata.

adj. Basic; fundamental.

adj. Present but not obvious; implicit: an underlying meaning.

adj. Taking precedence; prior: an underlying financial claim.

adj. lying underneath

adj. basic or fundamental

adj. implicit

adj. Lying under or beneath

adj. Fundamental; basic

adj. Implicit; not immediately obvious; requiring careful scrutiny to discover.

Lying beneath or under; supporting; fundamental: as, underlying principles; specifically, in geology, noting a formation, rocks, or strata lying below others.

adj. located beneath or below

adj. being or involving basic facts or principles

adj. in the nature of something though not readily apparent

"The Company uses the term "underlying" when referring to non-GAAP sales information, which excludes discontinued and acquired products and foreign exchange fluctuations, and "excluding special items" to also exclude gains and losses from special items such as significant investments, litigation, and business development transactions."

subjacent    basic    implicit    inexplicit   

incumbent   

fundamental    basic    implicit    subjacent   

underlie   

allying    applying    belying    buying    complying    crying    decrying    defying    denying    drying