Meaning Of The Word Underline

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What's The Definition Of Underline?

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

underline in American English
a line underneath, as an underscore
to draw a line beneath; underscore
noun: a caption under an illustration
transitive verb: to mark with a line or lines underneath; underscore

underline in British English
noun: a line underneath, esp under written matter
verb: to put a line under

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