Underline

  • 1Underline — Un der*line , v. t. 1. To mark a line below, as words; to underscore. [1913 Webster] 2. To influence secretly. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton. [1913 Webster] 3. Emphasize or call attention to; highlight; as, Long waits at the emergency room underline the… …

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  • 2underline — index insist, reaffirm Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 3underline — (v.) 1721, from UNDER (Cf. under) + LINE (Cf. line) (v.). Cf. Du. onderlijnen. Related: Underlined; underlining. The noun is attested from 1888 …

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  • 4underline — (izg. ànderlajn) m DEFINICIJA inform. naredba u računalnim programima za prikaz podvučenih slova, usp. italic (2), bold (2) ETIMOLOGIJA engl …

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  • 5underline — [v] emphasize; mark accentuate, bracket, call attention to, caption, check off, draw attention to, feature, give emphasis, highlight, indicate, interlineate, italicize, play up, point to, point up, rule, stress, underscore; concepts 49,79 …

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  • 6underline — ► VERB 1) draw a line under (a word or phrase) to give emphasis or indicate special type. 2) emphasize. ► NOUN ▪ a line drawn under a word or phrase …

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  • 7underline — [un′dər līn΄; ] also, for v. [, un΄dər līn′] vt. underlined, underlining 1. to draw a line beneath; underscore 2. to stress or emphasize n. a line underneath, as an underscore …

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  • 8Underline — Underlined text. An underline, also called an underscore,[1] is one or more horizontal lines immediately below a portion of writing. Single, and occasionally double ( double underscore ), underlining was originally used in hand written or… …

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  • 9underline — 01. His failing mark on the midterm only [underlines] his need for extra help. 02. The students were required to give a simple definition for the [underlined] words in the text. 03. I have [underlined] grammar mistakes in your writing for you to… …

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  • 10underline */*/ — UK [ˌʌndə(r)ˈlaɪn] / US [ˌʌndərˈlaɪn] verb [transitive] Word forms underline : present tense I/you/we/they underline he/she/it underlines present participle underlining past tense underlined past participle underlined 1) a) to show clearly that… …

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