underscore

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Pronunciation

• (British) IPA: /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌskɔː(ɹ)/

Noun

underscore (plural underscores)

1. An underline; a line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _.
2. (music) A piece of background music.

Translations

• French: tiret bas, souligné, blanc souligné, sous-tiret
• German: Unterstreichung f (line); Unterstrich m (character), (character) Grundstrich
• Portuguese: underline, sublinha
• Russian: подчёркивание
• Spanish: guion bajo

Verb

underscore (underscores, present participle underscoring; past and past participle underscored)

1. 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.

2. To emphasize or draw attention to.

   I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.

Translations

• French: souligner
• German: unterstreichen
• Italian: sottolineare
• Portuguese: sublinhar
• Russian: подчёркивать
• Spanish: subrayar

Translations

• French: souligner
• German: unterstreichen
• Russian: подчёркивать
• Spanish: subrayar

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