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Plural of underline

regular plural

The plural of underline is underlines.

Forms of underline

Singularunderline /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/
Pluralunderlines
Countablecountable

Underlines in a sentence

  • This underlines that monovalency is a critical feature for c-Met targeting therapies in cancer.2015 December 12, “Aptamers Binding to c-Met Inhibiting Tumor Cell Migration”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI. From the entry monovalency
  • Recycled aerial footage of the city underlines just how generic this particular insight is.2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the…. From the entry shopworn
  • This underlines again that a contrast of nominality versus verbality conveys a stative versus fientive purport.1977, Haiim B. Rosén, Contemporary Hebrew, page 182. From the entry fientive
  • This shift in consumer behaviour underlines how much marketing now comes through social media, and specifically dark social.2019 March 25, John Glenday, quoting André van Loon, “63% of people prefer to share content on 'dark social' channels”, in The Drum. From the entry dark social
  • I love the used books that I pick up for a couple of dollars at Goodwill or a used-bookstore, with someone else’s inscriptions and underlines and bookmarks.2022 January 11, Laurie Hertzel, “In praise of physical books”, in Ledger-Enquirer, page 8A. From the entry used-bookstore

Meaning of underline

  1. noun 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. noun The character _.
  3. noun An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.

Full definition of underline

Questions about the plural of underline

What is the plural of underline?
The plural of underline is underlines.
Is underline countable?
Underline is a countable noun.

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: underline (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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