ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Underscoring

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Underscoring is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of underscore.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of underscore.

More Meanings

  1. An underline.

Example Sentences

Parkington swung his chair away, keeping the book in his hand and his back to Anthony. “He underscored whole passages,” he said. “I can't abide reading a book with underscorings in it.”

Word Forms

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Related dictionary entries include underline, emphasize, underlining, highlighting, focusing, showing.

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