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underscore

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Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The underscore [ _ ] (also called understrike , underbar , low line , or low dash ) is a character that originally appeared on the typewriter and was primarily used to underline words. To produce an underlined word, the word was typed, the typewriter carriage ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a line drawn underneath (especially under written matter) [syn: underline ] v. give extra weight to (a communication); "Her gesture emphasized her words" [syn: underline , emphasize , emphasise ] draw a line or lines underneath to call attention to [syn: ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1771, "to draw a line under," from under + score (v.). The figurative sense of "to emphasize" is attested from 1891. Noun meaning "a line drawn below (something)" is recorded from 1901.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB also ▪ The research study also underscores the importance of playing it straight when trying to get things accomplished. ▪ But the survey also underscores some of the concerns expressed by opponents of doctor-assisted ...

Usage examples of underscore.

Finding this piece underscored the gulf separating her from the antiquarian community.

Or, to reverse tacks: does this scene along with the other examples of female masochism underscore the alignment Freud makes between femininity and masochism that Silverman critiques?

But he did not mention the fact that after she did thisafter she had underscored and overscored these letters and made them the plainest and most conclusive proof of her forgeryshe still kept those love letters!

Such repetition is underscored throughout the trilogy, by details that have less significance in themselves than as signposts of structure.

Hall of Parliament might have been forgotten, but the cymek attack had underscored her point about the vulnerability of the Unallied Planets.

Finally, in thinking they could use a mobster to trap a terrorist, the story underscores the apparent naivete of FBI agents and prosecutors in the Southern District.

He shot Andi a cold stare, holding her eyes until breaking away with a little underscoring nod.

The hands seek to hide the genitals but, as she seems to realize, the breasts are on view, and the expression on the face underscores the lopsidedness of the contest: naked bodies are vulnerable, cannot adequately shield themselves from harm or invading eyes.

Always--semper--Cecil had written and underscored also, look for who will profit monetarily, politically, or even passionately in affairs of the heart--including vengeance.

To underscore her defiance and the futility of international words without teeth, Japanese troops took over Jehol, another province north of the Wall, and then crossed over into Hopei, where they established a demilitarized zone 30 to 40 miles wide between Peiping and Tientsin into which Chinese troops could not enter without Japanese consent.

Somehow it underscored the scoliotic slump of his shoulders, the concavity of his chest, the hirsute tabescence of his limbs.

To underscore their moment, various of the rings winked in a random scattering of varicolored flashes and glows.

However, this only served to underscore the divisions on the Council because it passed with five abstentions, including France, Russia, and China.

But the strongest lines, those underscoring his determination to maintain American neutrality, were delivered directly for the benefit of Congress and the foreign diplomats present, not to say the opposition press.