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underline

[ verb uhn-der-lahyn, uhn-der-lahyn; noun uhn-der-lahyn ]

verb (used with object)

underlined, underlining.
  1. to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore.
  2. to indicate the importance of; emphasize, as by stressing or italicizing.


noun

  1. Printing. a caption under an illustration.
  2. a line drawn under something; an underscore.

underline

verb

  1. to put a line under
  2. to state forcibly; emphasize or reinforce
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a line underneath, esp under written matter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ܲd·iԲ ܲ·····پDz [uhn-der-lin-ee-, ey, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • ܲd·e noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of underline1

First recorded in 1715–25; under- + line 1
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Survival International said the Sentinelese have made their wish to avoid outsiders clear over many years and underlined that such visits pose a threat to a community which has no immunity to outside diseases.

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Sir Keir wants the UK to be seen as leading the global response to irregular migration and the summit underlines the government's conviction that only international co-operation along the smuggling routes can tackle the issue.

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It underlines what Donna Ockenden has always stressed - that turning around the troubled service was "always going to be a marathon - not a sprint".

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Goldberg reported in his article that spokesman for JD Vance had later sent him a statement underlining that Trump and Vance had had "subsequent conversations about this matter and are in complete agreement".

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"There wasn't a price to those tickets," she said, as she underlined she would declare the value of them.

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