to underline
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2.2
- verb
- /ˈʌndərˌlaɪn/
:
subrayar
- Write that down and underline it twice.
- underlined word
- underline the importance
- underline the phrase
And when I came out of it, I had underlined a name in a detective novel I was reading.
- And when I came out of it, I had underlined a name in a detective novel I was reading.
- Like with a capital L underlined bold face I I I I I feel your pain.
Examples
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I've taken the Liberty of underlining some of the more fascinating entries.
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Look at the underlined part.
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Because I want to underline the most important sentence of our conversation today.
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Please be sure to underline your family name to avoid confusion in the listings.
Academic text (1999) -
They teach you how to underline in college.
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Oh, look, it says toilet roll and it's underlined twice.
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"You have a bad habit of underlining almost everything in your books."
Fiction book (2002) -
The student marked the text presented to him by underlining, drawing attention to the word "dreaded."
Academic text (2015) -
DURING READING: As they read, have students underline the similes and metaphors in this passage.
Fiction book (1999) -
In her notes, she decided to underline the key concepts to remember them better.
Synonyms
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4.7
To draw a line under a word to show it is important
Phrasal Verbs
How Emphatic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Underline comes from the simple parts under ('below') and line ('a mark'). It literally means to put a line below a word, so to underline is to draw a line under something to show it is important.