Underscoring
noun, verb
noun, verb ·4 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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.”"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of underscore form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Underscoring his incompetency, the president misspelled "education" in his executive order."