underscore
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʌn.dəˌskɔː(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʌn.dɚˌskɔɹ/
Noun
[edit]underscore (plural underscores)
- A line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
- (music) A piece of background music.
Translations
[edit]an underline
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background music
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Etymology 2
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌʌn.dəˈskɔː(ɹ)/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌʌn.dɚˈskɔɹ/
Verb
[edit]underscore (third-person singular simple present underscores, present participle underscoring, simple past and past participle underscored)
- (transitive)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.
- (transitive) 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
[edit]to underline
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to emphasize
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