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underlinings

underlinings is the plural of underlining.

Meaning of underlining

Noun (1)

underlining (countable and uncountable, plural underlinings)

  1. An act or instance of marking text with an underline.
    • There are so many underlinings, so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.2005, Theodore Cheney, Getting the Words Right, page 238
    Synonyms:
    underlineation

Noun (2)

underlining (plural underlinings)

  1. A lining on the inside of a garment.

Questions about underlinings

What is underlinings the plural of?
Underlinings is the plural of underlining.

Words near underlinings in the dictionary

  1. underliners
  2. underlines
  3. underling
  4. underlings
  5. underlining
  6. underlinings
  7. underlinked
  8. underlip
  9. underlips
  10. underliquidity
  11. underlisted

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underlinings (page history and authors); underlining (page history and authors). 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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