Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To underline.
- v. To emphasize; stress.
- n. A line drawn under writing to indicate emphasis or italic type.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A line drawn beneath a written or printed word or passage, as for emphasis.
- To draw a mark or line under; underline, as for emphasis.
Wiktionary
- n. An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
- n. music A piece of background music.
- v. To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
- v. To emphasize or draw attention to.
GNU Webster's 1913
- v. To draw a mark or line under; to underline.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter)
- v. draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to
- v. give extra weight to (a communication)
Etymologies
- From under- + score. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“In concept, Conservatism prefers to keep things as they were, more middle-grounded, The origins of the term underscore in reaction to change.”
“One thing these considerations underscore is the vital importance of state and local fiscal aid as probably the primary federal recession-fighting policy.”
“The point I am trying to underscore is simply this: futures and options activity is now a central tool of risk management and an integral adjunct of every major financial institution the world over.”
Free Markets, Foreign Exchange and the International Monetary Market
“A reporter asked the president if he risked "losing some credibility or even talking down the economy" by using "dire language" in a town hall meeting in economically battered Elkhart, Ind. Obama parried: "What I'm trying to underscore is what the people in Elkhart already understand: that this is not your ordinary run-of-the-mill recession. ...”
“What all of this does underscore is the vast range of line-items you’re going to find in Mexico.”
“Recent vehicle recalls underscore the need to ensure the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has the resources, expertise, and authority it needs to protect consumers from vehicle safety defects," Waxman said in a statement.”
The Washington Post: Auto bill draft would require black boxes, allow NHTSA to issue quick recalls
“Two recent titles underscore the value of accounts by military officers.”
The Washington Post: Gary Gallagher: What are the best new Civil War books?
“These recalls underscore the dangers that the CPSC highlighted last year when it warned parents about the dangers small magnets pose to children.”
Consumer Reports: CPSC issues another large recall of toys with small magnets
“Critics say recent food recalls underscore a broken system.”
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Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘underscore’.
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GRE 2014
abase, abate, abdicate, aberrant, abeyance, abhor, abjure, abortive, abound, abrasive, abreast, abridge and 1577 more...
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(1st_wk_150)-Dec_5_2012
replete, steeped, eminent, indiscriminate, voracious, automaton, prognosticate, technology, abound, matron, tinge, compound and 297 more...
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How low can you go?
A list of words that does the opposite of raising the bar
underscore, underwear, underachiever, underrated, underbite, undercapitalization, undercharged, underfloor, underground, underexposed, underfed, underboss and 105 more...
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fancy essay words
hiatus, ontology, exegesis, hermeneutics, dialectics, demiurge, ascertain, contention, eschatological, synecdoche, centripetal, centrifugal and 96 more...
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WF - nominal compounds (figurative)
An extensive list I have been working on for quite some time. Feel free to add more of the kind if you miss any.
brainstorming, upside, downside, goldplating, bikeshedding, mudslinging, downgrading, headhunter, streamlining, mainstreaming, gerrymandering, frontloading and 503 more...
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1st_wk_double_review
review easily forgettable words
jostle, wrest, adroit, replete, voracious, terrestrial, mundane, grasshopper, wasp, larvae, praying mantis, underscore
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Marks
names of punctuation marks, accent marks, and other graphic signs and graphical characters used in printed, written, or digital text.
comma, period, parenthesis, apostrophe, colon, semicolon, slash, stroke, brackets, dash, em dash, en dash and 72 more...
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Article's related words
reading 2 articles a week and here will reference unknown words, weekly!
fervor, belie, inure, hiatus, ambivalent, despise, revere, chasten, expurgate, edify, neologism, inchoate and 13 more...
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Vocab_TC60Q_txtbook
most vocab in the textbook Page till end chapter 2.
forfeited, nullifying, avowed, libelous, sapped, fascistic, outclassed, revolting, ecumenical, looming, fretful, penitent and 86 more...
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gre2
aberrant, aberration, aboveboard, abrasive, abstemious, acme, admonish, affable, affluent, alacrity, allegory, alleviate and 1901 more...
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My GRE Vocab
moniker, sobriquet, prerogative, aberration, aberrant, nuance, notorious, infamous, content, refer, allude, renown and 109 more...
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National Library Agenda Summit
nla2006, summit, agenda, library, ala, diversity, education, learning, continuous, scan, environmental, plan and 646 more...
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Good Words
fenestering, cetic, immanent, quickening, archetypal, shibboleth, soma, wetware, heritable, Apotheosis, halcyon, cellar door and 482 more...
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nominative case collection
wine stopper, pyre, roster, hamper, moleskin, elastic, pinnacle, facsimile, nook, plonk, contortionist, dismay and 342 more...
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Revised GRE Wordlist_2013
Vocabulary building for my quest of GRE 2013
ephemeral, esoteric, rhetoric, censure, egregious, pittance, dupe, mulct, paucity, alacrity, maintain, laconic and 997 more...
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GRE
acrimony, verisimilitude, tenebrious, tenebrous, dishabille, unfettered, deplorable, woebegone, credulity, naïveté, mitigate, meliorate and 475 more...
Tweets
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PossibleUnderscore UNDERSCORES_RULE!!!!!!!!! Jul 18, 2009
whichbe Also known as an understrike: ______________________ Jul 30, 2008