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# undersea

«undersea» in Mova's school dictionary: **below the surface of the sea or happening under the sea** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; adverb (rare)

### meaning for a pupil

Undersea means below the surface of the sea or happening under the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undersea/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons it describes the world beneath the waves: undersea mountains, volcanoes, cables, caves and creatures. In stories, explorers in submarines visit undersea cities. Phrases: «undersea world», «undersea cable», «undersea volcano», «undersea tunnel».

### examples

- Divers explored the undersea caves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undersea/#x1)
- An undersea cable carries internet signals across the ocean. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undersea/#x2)
- Some islands are the tops of undersea volcanoes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undersea/#x3)
- The film showed the colourful undersea world of a coral reef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undersea/#x4)
- A train goes through an undersea tunnel. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undersea/#x5)
- The mermaid lived in an undersea palace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undersea/#x6)

### note

Adjective, one word, usually before a noun: «undersea creatures». Similar: «underwater» (under any water), «submarine» (adjective meaning under the sea). Not «under sea» as two words in this use.

### In the corpora

- [A tsunami is a series of huge waves caused by something suddenly moving a lot of water, usually an undersea earthquake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/geography/45-tsunamis/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «undersea» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/U/undersea/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.