UNDERLINE


Meaning of UNDERLINE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndə(r)laɪn ]

( underlines, underlining, underlined)

1.

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

The report underlined his concern that standards were at risk...

But the incident underlines how easily things can go wrong.

= underscore

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

2.

If you underline 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 underline the positive and negative words.

VERB : V n

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