different between hidden vs underground

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?d?n, IPA^(key): /?h?d(?)n/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?h?dn/

• Rhymes: -?d?n

Verb

hidden

1. past participle of hide

Adjective

hidden (comparative more hidden, superlative most hidden)

1. Located or positioned out of sight; not visually apparent.
2. Obscure. (Can we add an example for this sense?)

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:hidden

Antonyms

• See Thesaurus:hidden

Derived terms

• hidden tax

Translations

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German huoten, from Proto-Germanic *h?dijan?. Cognate with German hüten, Dutch hoeden, and English heed.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hiden/, [?hid?n]
• Rhymes: -id?n

Verb

hidden (third-person singular present hitt, past participle gehitt, auxiliary verb hunn)

1. (transitive) to tend, to mind, to look after

Conjugation

English

Etymology

From Middle English undergrounde (adverb), equivalent to under +? ground. Compare Dutch ondergrond, ondergronds, German Untergrund, Danish undergrunds.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd????a?nd/, (especially for the noun) /??nd???a?nd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd????a?nd/, (especially for the noun) /??nd???a?nd/
• Rhymes: -a?nd
• Hyphenation: un?der?ground

Adjective

underground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)

1. (not comparable) Below the ground; below the surface of the Earth.

   Synonyms: subterranean, hypogean
2. (figuratively) Hidden, furtive, secretive.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hidden, Thesaurus:covert

3. (Of music, art &c.) Outside the mainstream, especially unofficial and hidden from the authorities.

   Synonyms: unconventional, alternative

   Antonym: mainstream

Translations

Adverb

underground (comparative more underground, superlative most underground)

1. Below the ground.

   Synonym: below ground

2. Secretly.

   Synonyms: clandestinely, in secret, on the quiet

Translations

Noun

underground (plural undergrounds)

1. (geography) Regions beneath the surface of the earth, both natural (eg. caves) and man-made (eg. mines).
2. (chiefly Britain) Synonym of subway: a railway that is under the ground.

3. (with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist political convention.

   Synonym: resistance

4. (with definite article) A movement or organisation of people who resist artistic convention.

   Synonyms: avant-garde, counterculture

Translations

Verb

underground (third-person singular simple present undergrounds, present participle undergrounding, simple past and past participle undergrounded)

1. To route electricity distribution cables underground

Translations

See also

• underground railway
• go underground

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English underground.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??nder.?r?und/, [??nde?r??r?und]

Noun

underground

1. underground (culture)

Declension

Compounds

• undergroundelokuva
• undergroundkirjallisuus
• undergroundkulttuuri
• undergroundsarjakuva

French

Etymology

From English underground.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /œ?.d??.??awnd/

Adjective

underground (invariable)

1. underground (outside the mainstream)

Noun

underground m (uncountable)

1. (singular only) the underground (people who resist artistic convention)

Further reading

• “underground” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

From English underground.

Noun

l'underground m (invariable)

1. the underground (people who resist artistic convention)

Spanish

Etymology

From English underground.

Noun

underground m (plural undergrounds)

1. underground (movement)