underscore
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌskɔː(ɹ)/
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Noun
underscore (plural underscores)
- An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
- (music) A piece of background music.
Translations
an underline
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background music
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Verb
underscore (third-person singular simple present underscores, present participle underscoring, simple past and past participle underscored)
- To underline; to mark a line beneath text.
- 2011, Matt Aimonetti, MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X (page 14)
- By convention, Rubyists usually underscore their method names.
- 2011, Matt Aimonetti, MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X (page 14)
- 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.
Translations
to underline
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to emphasize
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