underscore

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An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _
To emphasize or draw attention to

I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.

A piece of background music
To underline; to mark a line beneath text
a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words
give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words"
To draw a mark or line under; to underline
{f} emphasize; underline
If you underscore something such as a word or a sentence, you draw a line underneath it in order to make people notice it or give it extra importance. He heavily underscored his note to Shelley. = underline
draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to
a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
If something such as an action or an event underscores another, it draws attention to the other thing and emphasizes its importance. The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery = underline
underscored
past of underscore
underscores
plural of , underscore
underscores
third-person singular of underscore
underscoring
present participle of underscore
underscore
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