<p><strong>Adverb</strong></p><ul><li>below; in or to a lower place, position, state, or the like.</li></ul><p><strong>Preposition</strong></p><ul><li>beneath the same roof.</li><li>farther down than; underneath; lower in place than: The first drawer beneath the top one.</li><li>lower down on a slope than: beneath the crest of a hill.</li><li>inferior or less important, as in position, rank, or power: A captain is beneath a major.</li><li>unworthy of; below the level or dignity of: to regard others as beneath one; behavior that was beneath contempt.</li></ul>