Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to underscore
Participle: underscored
Gerund: underscoring
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | underscore |
| you | underscore |
| he;she;it | underscores |
| we | underscore |
| you | underscore |
| they | underscore |
Perfect
| I | have underscored |
| you | have underscored |
| he;she;it | has underscored |
| we | have underscored |
| you | have underscored |
| they | have underscored |
Past
| I | underscored |
| you | underscored |
| he;she;it | underscored |
| we | underscored |
| you | underscored |
| they | underscored |
Pluperfect
| I | had underscored |
| you | had underscored |
| he;she;it | had underscored |
| we | had underscored |
| you | had underscored |
| they | had underscored |
Future
| I | will underscore |
| you | will underscore |
| he;she;it | will underscore |
| we | will underscore |
| you | will underscore |
| they | will underscore |
Future Perfect
| I | will have underscored |
| you | will have underscored |
| he;she;it | will have underscored |
| we | will have underscored |
| you | will have underscored |
| they | will have underscored |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | underscore |
| you | underscore |
| he;she;it | underscore |
| we | underscore |
| you | underscore |
| they | underscore |
Perfect
| I | have underscored |
| you | have underscored |
| he;she;it | have underscored |
| we | have underscored |
| you | have underscored |
| they | have underscored |
Imperfect
| I | underscored |
| you | underscored |
| he;she;it | underscored |
| we | underscored |
| you | underscored |
| they | underscored |
Pluperfect
| I | had underscored |
| you | had underscored |
| he;she;it | had underscored |
| we | had underscored |
| you | had underscored |
| they | had underscored |
Conditional
Present
| I | would underscore |
| you | would underscore |
| he;she;it | would underscore |
| we | would underscore |
| you | would underscore |
| they | would underscore |
Perfect
| I | would have underscored |
| you | would have underscored |
| he;she;it | would have underscored |
| we | would have underscored |
| you | would have underscored |
| they | would have underscored |
Imperative
| you | underscore |
| we | Let's underscore |
| you | underscore |
Verbs conjugated like 'underscore'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'underscore'
underspore,
undercode,
undergore,
undershare,
overscore,
under-dose,
undercoat,
undercook,
undercool,
undercover,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. 1771, "to draw a line under," from under + score (v.). The fig. sense of "to emphasize" is attested from 1891. Noun meaning "a line drawn below (something)" is recorded from 1901.
2. From under- + score.
Sample Sentences
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By convention, Rubyists usually underscore their method names. [2011, Matt Aimonetti, MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X, page 14:]
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I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting.
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The tale thus underscores in expressive form the semiparadoxical fact that traders can lie by telling the truth. [1986, Richard Bauman, Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative:]
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Not trusting filmgoers to catch the drift, Ms. Coppola underscores the women’s attempts to gussy up with snippets of arch dialogue. [2017 June 30, Ruth La Ferla, “In ‘The Beguiled,’ Pretty Confections Whipped Up to Seduce”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Oct 2018:]
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Biden on Monday unveiled new measures to tackle antisemitism on college campuses and senior officials underscored the need to combat anti-Jewish hate. [2023 October 31, Stephen Collinson, “A new wave of antisemitism threatens to rock an already unstable world”, in CNN, archived from the original on 12 Aug 2024:]