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underline
/ˈʌndəˌlaɪn/
noun
A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.
The character _.
An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.
verb
To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore
"underline the important words in the text"
To emphasise or stress something
To influence secretly.
adjective
Passing under a railway line.
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