Lower in spatial position than. / Lower than in value, price, rank, concentration, etc. / Downstream of. / South of. / Unsuitable to the rank or dignity of; beneath. / (stage directions) Downstage of.

On or to a lower storey. / (nautical) On or to a lower deck, especially as relative to the main deck. / Later in the same text. / (of a temperature) Below zero.

(chiefly philosophy) The quality of being below.

A surname.

plural of Below

(idiomatic, almost always preceded by a) Inferior to the norm. / (idiomatic, almost always preceded by a, always followed by a noun phrase) Inferior to.

(boxing) Of a punch, landing illegally, below the opponent's waist. / (by extension, idiomatic) Unfair; dirty; not according to the generally accepted rules.

(golf) (of a score) Less than par for the hole or course (which in golf, means better than par). / (idiomatic) Not up to the average or normal standard.

Worse or lower than average.

(newspapers) Printed on the lower half of the front page of a broadsheet newspaper, such that it is not immediately visible on a folded copy of the newspaper, e.g. as displayed at a newsstand or in a vending machine.