underline

English

Etymology

under- +‎ line

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/
• IPA^(key): /ˈʌndəˌlaɪn/

• Audio (US)

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• IPA^(key): /ˌʌndɚˈlaɪn/
• IPA^(key): /ˌʌndəˈlaɪn/
• Rhymes: -aɪn (for alternative pronunciation of the verb)

Noun

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 (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.
2. The character _.
3. (dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.

Translations

line underneath text

• Czech: podtržení n, podtrhnutí n
• Finnish: alleviivaus
• French: soulignement (fr)
• German: Unterstreichung f
• Greek: υπογράμμιση (el) f (ypográmmisi)
• Indonesian: garis bawah (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 下線 (ja) (kasen)
• Maori: tāraro
• Polish: podkreślenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: sublinha (pt) f
• Russian: подчёркивание (ru) n (podčórkivanije)
• Swedish: understrykning (sv) c

an _ character

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 下劃線／下划线, 下划线 (xiàhuáxiàn)

• Czech: podtržítko n
• Finnish: alaviiva (fi)
• German: Unterstrich m
• Indonesian: garis bawah (id)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: tāraro
• Polish: podkreślenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: underline (pt) m
• Russian: подчёркивание (ru) n (podčórkivanije)
• Swedish: understreck (sv) n

Verb

1. To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore
2. (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something
   • 2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBCSport‎^[1]:

     The Midlanders will hope the victory will kickstart a campaign that looked to have hit the buffers, but the sense of trepidation enveloping the Reebok Stadium heading into the new year underlines the seriousness of the predicament facing Owen Coyle's men.

3. (figurative, obsolete) To influence secretly.
   • (Can we date this quote by Sir Henry Wotton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta.

Translations

to draw an underline

• Armenian: ընդգծել (hy) (əndgcel)
• Catalan: subratllar (ca)
• Czech: podtrhnout (cs)
• Finnish: alleviivata (fi)
• French: souligner (fr)
• German: unterstreichen (de)
• Greek: υπογραμμίζω (el) (ypogrammízo)
• Hungarian: aláhúz (hu)
• Indonesian: menggarisbawahi
• Italian: sottolineare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Luxembourgish: ënnersträichen
• Maori: tāraro
• Polish: podkreślać (pl)
• Portuguese: sublinhar (pt)
• Russian: подчёркивать (ru) impf (podčórkivatʹ), подчеркну́ть (ru) pf (podčerknútʹ)
• Spanish: subrayar (es)
• Swedish: stryka under
• Turkish: altını çizmek
• Yiddish: אונטערשטרײַכן (untershtraykhn)

to emphasise or stress something

• Armenian: ընդգծել (hy) (əndgcel)
• Catalan: subratllar (ca)
• Finnish: alleviivata (fi)
• French: souligner (fr), attirer l’attention (sur) (fr)
• German: unterstreichen (de)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Luxembourgish: ënnersträichen
• Polish: podkreślać (pl)
• Russian: подчёркивать (ru) impf (podčórkivatʹ), подчеркну́ть (ru) pf (podčerknútʹ)
• Swedish: understryka (sv), betona (sv)
• Yiddish: אונטערשטרײַכן (untershtraykhn)

Adjective

underline (not comparable)

1. Passing under a railway line.
   • 1950, Leonora Fry, C. W. Huxtable, Get to know: British railways (page 26)

     Just as it was sometimes necessary to lower the road to take it beneath an underline bridge, so in this case it might be necessary to raise it.

See also

• Template:projectlink

Typography

• ampersand ( & )
• asterisk ( * ) and asterism ( ⁂ )
• at sign ( @ )
• backslash ( \ )
• bullet ( • )
• dagger ( † ‡ )
• degree symbol ( ° )
• number sign ( # )
• prime ( ′ )
• tilde ( ~ )
• underscore ( _ )
• vertical bar/pipe ( | )

Anagrams

• unlinered

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English underline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐ̃deɾˈlajni/

Noun

underline m (plural underlines)

1. underscore (name of the character _)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:underline.