Wiktionary

underscore

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From under- +‎ score.

PronunciationEdit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈʌn.də(ɹ)ˌskɔː(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US)
    		(file)

NounEdit

underscore (plural underscores)

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

TranslationsEdit

VerbEdit

underscore (third-person singular simple present underscores, present participle underscoring, simple 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.
    • 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.

TranslationsEdit

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.
Translations to be checked

See alsoEdit

Typography

Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=underscore&oldid=64485028"