underscoring

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noun

An underline.

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Meanings

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of underscore
noununderscoring (plural underscorings)

plural underscorings

  1. An underline.

    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.”

    2002, Jane Toombs, Nightingale Man, page 62
Cite this entry
APA

underscoring. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underscoring

MLA

“underscoring.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underscoring. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “underscoring,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/underscoring.

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