(also underscore especially in AmE) verb
1 [VN] to draw a line under a word, sentence, etc:
The names of the winners are underlined in red.
2 to emphasize or show that sth is important or true:
[VN] The report underlines the importance of pre-school education. * [Vwh-] Her question underlined how little she understood him. [also Vthat]
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
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This entry for underline is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Does underline appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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