Synonyms for underline
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : verb uhn-der-lahyn, uhn-der-lahyn; noun uhn-der-lahyn |
| Phonetic Transcription : verb ˈʌn dərˌlaɪn, ˌʌn dərˈlaɪn; noun ˈʌn dərˌlaɪn |
Top 10 synonyms for underline Other synonyms for the word underline
Définition of underline
Origin :- 1721, from under + line (v.). Cf. Dutch onderlijnen. Related: Underlined; underlining. The noun is attested from 1888.
- verb emphasize; mark
- One sentence we wish to cross out; the next we wish to underline.
- Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton
- Tilia thrust her face close to Rachel's to underline her words.
- Extract from : « The Saracen: Land of the Infidel » by Robert Shea
- If there is anything in the article you disapprove, underline it, and perhaps I will omit.
- Extract from : « The Story of a Life » by J. Breckenridge Ellis
- In this eBook, those words are emphasized with an underline.
- Extract from : « Pandora's Box » by Frank Wedekind
- Underline all their mistakes, and, under your eyes, make them correct the mistakes themselves.
- Extract from : « John Bull, Junior » by Max O'Rell
- Underline on title page the first letter of words which must be lettered on back.
- Extract from : « Library Bookbinding » by Arthur Low Bailey
- I don't see anything to underline, though; looks foreign to me.
- Extract from : « Seeing France with Uncle John » by Anne Warner
- It was scarcely necessary to underline some passages of this report.
- Extract from : « Through the Iron Bars » by Emile Cammaerts
- He didn't have to underline any words for the grim-faced men who listened.
- Extract from : « Plague Ship » by Andre Norton
- But it had been a close call, he did not need Tau's explanation to underline that.
- Extract from : « Plague Ship » by Andre Norton
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