underline

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[edit] English

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under + line

[edit] Noun

Singular
underline

Plural
underlines

underline (plural underlines)

  1. A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or that it acts as a hyperlink
  2. An _ character

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Infinitive
to underline

Third person singular
underlines

Simple past
underlined

Past participle
underlined

Present participle
underlining

to underline (third-person singular simple present underlines, present participle underlining, simple past and past participle underlined)

  1. To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore
  2. To emphasise or stress something

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