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underscored

underscored is the simple past and past participle of underscore.

Meaning of underscore

Verb

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

  1. (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
  2. (transitive) To emphasize or draw attention to.
    • I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.

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Questions about underscored

What is underscored the simple past and past participle of?
Underscored is the simple past and past participle of underscore.

Words near underscored in the dictionary

  1. underscarfs
  2. underscarves
  3. underscent
  4. underscents
  5. underscore
  6. underscored
  7. underscorer
  8. underscorers
  9. underscores
  10. underscoring
  11. underscorings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underscored (page history and authors); underscore (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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