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Underworld meaning in English

Meaning of Underworld in English

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Underworld

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Noun

1. underworld

the criminal class

2. hades, hell, infernal region, netherworld, scheol, underworld

(religion) the world of the dead

Example Sentences:
'No one goes to Hades with all his immense wealth'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Underworld

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noun
1. 
a. 
criminals and their associates considered collectively
b. 
(as modifier)
underworld connections
2. 
the regions below the earth's surface regarded as the abode of the dead; Hades

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Underworld

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noun
1.  Archaic
the earth
2. 
the mythical world of the dead; Hades
3. 
the opposite side of the earth; antipodes
4. 
the criminal members of society, or people living by vice or crime, regarded as a group or class

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Underworld

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n.
1.
a. The world of the dead in various religious traditions, located below the world of the living.
b. A region, realm, or dwelling place conceived to be below the surface of the earth.
c. Archaic The world beneath the heavens; the earth.
2. The part of society that is engaged in and organized for the purpose of crime and vice.

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