UNDERSCORE


Meaning of UNDERSCORE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndə(r)skɔ:(r) ]

( underscores, underscoring, underscored)

1.

If something such as an action or an event underscores another, it draws attention to the other thing and emphasizes its importance. ( mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use underline )

The Labor Department figures underscore the shaky state of the economic recovery...

= underline

VERB : V n , also V that , V the fact that

2.

If you underscore something such as a word or a sentence, you draw a line underneath it in order to make people notice it or give it extra importance. ( mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use underline )

He heavily underscored his note to Shelley.

= underline

VERB : V n

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