Underline

//ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn//

Synonyms for "underline" (113 found)

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8 relation types

Translations

94 translations across 32 languages.

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Armenian

2 entries
  • ընդգծել verb (to draw an underline)
  • ընդգծել verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Asturian

1 entries
  • sorrayar verb (to draw an underline)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • подчертаване noun (line underneath text)
  • наблягам verb (to emphasise or stress something)
  • подчертавам verb (to draw an underline)

Catalan

4 entries
  • subratllat noun (line underneath text)
  • sotalinear verb (to draw an underline)
  • sotalinear verb (to emphasise or stress something)
  • subratllar verb (to draw an underline)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 下劃線 /下划线 noun (an _ character)

Cornish

2 entries
  • islinya verb (to draw an underline)
  • islinya verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Czech

4 entries
  • podtrhnutí noun (line underneath text)
  • podtržení noun (line underneath text)
  • podtržítko noun (an _ character)
  • podtrhnout verb (to draw an underline)

Danish

2 entries
  • understrege verb (to draw an underline)
  • understrege verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • substreki verb (to draw an underline)

Finnish

4 entries
  • alaviiva noun (an _ character)
  • alleviivaus noun (line underneath text)
  • alleviivata verb (to draw an underline)
  • alleviivata verb (to emphasise or stress something)

French

4 entries
  • soulignement noun (line underneath text)
  • attirer l’attention verb (to emphasise or stress something)
  • souligner verb (to draw an underline)
  • souligner verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Galician

4 entries
  • subliñado noun (line underneath text)
  • subliñado noun (an _ character)
  • subliñar verb (to draw an underline)
  • subliñar verb (to emphasise or stress something)

German

4 entries
  • Unterstreichung noun (line underneath text)
  • Unterstrich noun (an _ character)
  • unterstreichen verb (to draw an underline)
  • unterstreichen verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Greek

2 entries
  • υπογράμμιση noun (line underneath text)
  • υπογραμμίζω verb (to draw an underline)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • aláhúzás noun (line underneath text)
  • aláhúzásjel noun (an _ character)
  • aláhúz verb (to draw an underline)
  • hangsúlyoz verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Indonesian

3 entries
  • garis bawah noun (line underneath text)
  • garis bawah noun (an _ character)
  • menggarisbawahi verb (to draw an underline)

Italian

2 entries
  • sottolineare verb (to draw an underline)
  • sottolineare verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 下線 noun (line underneath text)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • баса айту verb (to emphasise or stress something)
  • баса көрсету verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Luxembourgish

2 entries
  • ënnersträichen verb (to draw an underline)
  • ënnersträichen verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Māori

3 entries
  • tāraro noun (line underneath text)
  • tāraro noun (an _ character)
  • tāraro verb (to draw an underline)

Polish

4 entries
  • podkreślenie noun (line underneath text)
  • podkreślenie noun (an _ character)
  • podkreślnik noun (an _ character)
  • podkreślać verb (to draw an underline)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • sublinha noun (line underneath text)
  • underline noun (an _ character)
  • sublinhar verb (to draw an underline)
  • sublinhar verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Russian

4 entries
  • подчёркивание noun (line underneath text)
  • подчёркивание noun (an _ character)
  • подчеркну́ть verb (to draw an underline)
  • подчеркну́ть verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • अधोरेखा noun (line underneath text)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • suttaliniari verb (to draw an underline)

Spanish

2 entries
  • subrayar verb (to draw an underline)
  • subrayar verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Swedish

4 entries
  • understreck noun (an _ character)
  • understrykning noun (line underneath text)
  • betona verb (to emphasise or stress something)
  • stryka under verb (to draw an underline)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • salungguhit noun (line underneath text)
  • salungguhitan verb (to draw an underline)

Turkish

2 entries
  • altını çizmek verb (to draw an underline)
  • altını çizmek verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Ukrainian

4 entries
  • підкре́слити verb (to draw an underline)
  • підкре́слити verb (to emphasise or stress something)
  • підкре́слювати verb (to draw an underline)
  • підкре́слювати verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אונטערשטרײַכן verb (to draw an underline)
  • אונטערשטרײַכן verb (to emphasise or stress something)

Sample sentences

17 total sentences available.

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Underline all the verbs in the future tense in this text.

Source: tatoeba (2629425)

I put an underline under the word "Alice" to put an emphasis on it.

Source: tatoeba (3926060)

Underline all the verbs in this text which are in the future tense.

Source: tatoeba (9139994)

We should underline every important word.

Source: tatoeba (9583769)

Showing 4 of 17 available sentences.

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