Meanings
underlining1
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of underline
noununderlining (countable and uncountable, plural underlinings)
plural underlinings
- countableuncountableAn act or instance of marking text with an underline.
There are so many underlinings, so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.
2005, Theodore Cheney, Getting the Words Right, page 238Synonyms: underlineation
underlining2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn act or instance of marking text with an underline.
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Origin
underlining · noun
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁entér
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂én
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰí
- Proto-Indo-European*(H)n̥dʰér
- Proto-Germanic*under
- Proto-West Germanic*undar
- Old Englishunder-
- Middle Englishunder-
- Englishunder-
- Englishlining
- Englishunderlining
Cite this entry
APA
underlining. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underlining
MLA
“underlining.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underlining. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underlining,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underlining.
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