UNDERLINE


Meaning of UNDERLINE in English

(~s, underlining, ~d)

1.

If one thing, for example an action or an event, ~s another, it draws attention to it and emphasizes its importance.

The report ~d his concern that standards were at risk...

But the incident ~s how easily things can go wrong.

= underscore

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

2.

If you ~ something such as a word or a sentence, you draw a line underneath it in order to make people notice it or to give it extra importance.

Take two coloured pens and ~ the positive and negative words.

VERB: V n

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