EGAVE

underline

About 1.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.
  2. noun The character _.
  3. noun An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.
  4. noun A caption beneath a photograph (which may have more than one line of text).
  5. verb To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.
    underline the important words in the text
  6. verb To emphasise or stress something.
  7. verb To influence secretly.
  8. adjective Passing under a railway line.

Similar words

underscore emphasize highlighting highlight highlights outline note accentuate draw emphasise

Often followed by

the that this his a or and each it

Word family

underlined underlines underlining

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