English

Noun

underscore ‎(plural underscores)

1. An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
2. (music) A piece of background music.

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Verb

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

1. To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
2. To emphasize or draw attention to.

   I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.

   • 1986, Richard Bauman, Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative

     The tale thus underscores in expressive form the semiparadoxical fact that traders can lie by telling the truth.

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See also

• underbar

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