underline
UK/ˈʌndəˌlaɪn//ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/
underline 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.
Noun
underline (plural underlines)
- 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.
- The character _.
- Synonyms:
- underscore, low line
- An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.
- A caption beneath a photograph (which may have more than one line of text).
- Several readers [...] write to point out that the ex-Great Eastern 0-6-0s now classified as "J20" in the L.N.E.R. lists, no longer hold the supremacy for power among British 0-6-0 locomotives as suggested in the underline to the photograph of one of them which appeared on p. 100 of the March-April...1944 May and June, “Notes and News: The Most Powerful 0-6-0”, in Railway Magazine, page 186
Verb
underline (third-person singular simple present underlines, present participle underlining, simple past and past participle underlined)
- To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.
- underline the important words in the text
- Synonyms:
- underscore
- To emphasise or stress something.
- 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.2011 December 10, Marc Higginson, “Bolton 1 - 2 Aston Villa”, in BBCSport
- To influence secretly.
- By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta.1642, Henry Wotton, The Life and Death of the Duke of Buckingham
Adjective
underline (not comparable)
- Passing under a railway line.
- 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.1950, Leonora Fry, C. W. Huxtable, Get to know: British railways, page 26
- A minute was saved by smart working at Ipswich, but soon after came yet another delay, a 10 m.p.h. slack over an underline bridge being reconstructed between Bramford and Claydon.1960 June, Cecil J. Allen, “Locomotive Running Past and Present”, in Trains Illustrated, page 369
underline meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
underline in Hindi
- रेखांकित करें, रेखांकित कीजिए
underline in Tamil
- அடிக்கோடு இடு
underline in Urdu
- خط کشیدہ, اہمیت ظاہر کرنا, خط کشیدہ کرنا, زور دینا
underline in Bengali
- নিচে দাগ দেওয়া, জোর দেওয়া
More languagesFewer languages
- underline in Telugu
- అండర్లైన్, అండర్లైన్ చేయండి, అండర్ లైన్
- underline in Malayalam
- അടിവരയിടുക, മുഖ്യത സൂചിപ്പിക്കുക, ഊന്നിപ്പറയുക
- underline in Kannada
- ಅಡಿಗೆರೆ, ಅಡಿಗೀಟು, ಕೆಳಗೆ ಗೀಟು ಎಳೆ, ಪ್ರಮುಖವಾಗಿ ಪರಿಗಣಿಸು
- underline in Punjabi
- ਅੰਡਰਲਾਈਨ, ਅੰਡਰਲਾਈਨ ਕਰੋ
- underline in Gujarati
- રેખાંકિત કરો
- underline in Sanskrit
- अधोरेखा adhorekhā
- underline in Nepali
- रेखांकित गर्नुहोस्
- underline in Tagalog
- salungguhit, salungguhitan
- underline in Indonesian
- garis bawah, menggarisbawahi
- underline in Vietnamese
- gạch chân, gạch dưới, gạch đít
Examples of underline in a sentence
- The text was impossible to read: every other word was underlined or in a bold or italic font.
- This underlines that monovalency is a critical feature for c-Met targeting therapies in cancer.
- These results underline the remarkable potential of α-helix mimetics based on the oligooxopiperazine scaffold.
Synonyms of underline
Forms of underline
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | underlines |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | underlines |
| present participle | underlining |
| past participle | underlined |
| past | underlined |
Origin of underline
From under- + line.
Words formed from underline
Questions about underline
- What does underline mean?
- Underline means 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.
- What is underline in Hindi?
- Underline in Hindi is रेखांकित करें, रेखांकित कीजिए. See Underline meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is underline?
- Underline can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce underline?
- Underline is pronounced /ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn/ (US).
- What is the plural of underline?
- The plural of underline is underlines.
Words near underline in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: underline (page history and authors); underline (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underline (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underline (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underline (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underline (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underline (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underline (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underline (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underline (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); underline (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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