underscore

/ˈʌn.dəˌskɔː(ɹ)//ˈʌn.dɚˌskoɹ/

underscore noun: a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.

Noun

underscore (plural underscores)

A line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
- He walks into the house and picks up a pen. The thought he has is a brilliant idea. He must write it down. Only two words need to be written. The underscore adds importance. / BOUNTY HUNTER2007, Richard D. Ondo, “Used Cars in West Virginia”, in A Third Cell in America: A Novel, Lincoln, Neb.: iUniverse, →ISBN, page 15
Synonyms:

underline, low line
A piece of background music.

Verb

underscore (third-person singular simple present underscores, present participle underscoring, simple past and past participle underscored)

(transitive) To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
- By convention, Rubyists usually underscore their method names.2011, Matt Aimonetti, MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X, page 14
(transitive) To emphasize or draw attention to.
- I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.
- The tale thus underscores in expressive form the semiparadoxical fact that traders can lie by telling the truth.1986, Richard Bauman, Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative

underscore meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Kannada and Indonesian

underscore in Tamil

an underline: அடிக்கோடு aṭikkōṭu, அடிக்கீறு aṭikkīṟu
to underline: அடிக்கோடிடு aṭikkōṭiṭu
to emphasize: அடிக்கோடிடு aṭikkōṭiṭu

underscore in Urdu

اہمیت ظاہر کرنا, نمایاں کرنا, ابھارنا, زور دینا

underscore in Kannada

ಕೆಳಗೆರೆ, ಅಡ್ಡಗೆರೆ, ತಳಗೆರೆ

underscore in Indonesian

an underline: underscore

Examples of underscore in a sentence

Coppola underscores the women’s attempts to gussy up with snippets of arch dialogue.2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the...
Biden on Monday unveiled new measures to tackle antisemitism on college campuses and senior officials underscored the need to combat anti-Jewish hate.2023 October 31, Stephen Collinson, “A new wave of antisemitism threatens to rock an already unstable world”, in CNN, archived from the...

All 40 example sentences with underscore

Synonyms of underscore

Forms of underscore

Noun
plural	underscores
Verb
third-person singular present	underscores
present participle	underscoring
past participle	underscored
past	underscored

Past tense of underscore: underscored

Plural of underscore: underscores

Origin of underscore

From under- + score.

Words formed from underscore

underscorer

Questions about underscore

What does underscore mean?: Underscore means a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
What is underscore in Tamil?: Underscore in Tamil is அடிக்கோடு (aṭikkōṭu), அடிக்கீறு (aṭikkīṟu), அடிக்கோடிடு (aṭikkōṭiṭu). See Underscore meaning in Tamil.
How do you use underscore in a sentence?: Coppola underscores the women’s attempts to gussy up with snippets of arch dialogue.
What part of speech is underscore?: Underscore can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce underscore?: Underscore is pronounced /ˈʌn.dəˌskɔː(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of underscore?: The plural of underscore is underscores.

Words near underscore in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: underscore (page history and authors); underscore (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); underscore (Kannada Wiktionary) (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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