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oppunder

prepositionpreposisjon

up under, right up against · at the foot of (a mountain, the shore) · just before (a date)

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. mot undersiden av up against the underside of
    • ligge med hendene oppunder hodet to lie with one’s hands under one’s head
    • bjelkene oppunder taket the beams up under the ceiling
  2. mot nedre del av towards the lower part of
    • en gård oppunder fjellet a farm at the foot of the mountain
    • oppunder land close in to shore
  3. like før just before
    • en dag oppunder jul a day just before Christmas
  4. brukt som adverb: i nærheten av used as an adverb: close to
    • det er ikke det beste han har prestert, men det ligger tett oppunder it is not the best he has done, but it comes very close