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under water

prepositional phrase

under water is a prepositional phrase meaning “Alternative form of underwater” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled U-N-D-E-R-W-A-T-E-R.

What does under water mean?

prepositional phrase

  1. 1

    Alternative form of underwater.

adjective

as under-water
  1. 1

    Uncommon form of underwater (a form of underwater)

verb

as under-water
  1. 1

    Uncommon form of underwater (a form of underwater)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce under water?

  • Australia

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-under_water.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of under water

  • more under-water comparative
  • most under-water superlative
  • under-waters present, singular, he/she/it
  • under-watering participle, present
  • under-watered participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with under water

Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).

Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).