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n. - A narrow elongated mark drawn or projected (as with pencil) below (especially beneath written matter) Give extra weight to (a communication).

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Usage examples (36)
  • Only the titles underline the basic scenarios (for example,
  • The underline is a hyperlink, and this is a shameless plug for it.
  • Let's examine what I actually said about you (note the big blue underline, that is a link to your original piece):
  • The software was pretty complicated; if you wanted to underline a word or indent paragraphs you had to enter a series of commands.
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