"underscore" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈʌn.dəˌskɔː(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈʌn.dɚˌskɔɹ/ [General-American] Audio: en-us-underscore.ogg [US] Forms: underscores [plural]
Etymology: From under + score. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|under|score}} under + score Head templates: {{en-noun}} underscore (plural underscores)
  1. A line drawn or printed beneath text; the character _. Synonyms: underline, low line Translations (an underline): падкрэ́сліванне (padkréslivannje) [neuter] (Belarusian), подчерта́ване (podčertávane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), guió baix [masculine] (Catalan), 下橫線 (Chinese Mandarin), 下横线 (xiàhéngxiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), podtržítko [neuter] (Czech), bundstreg [common-gender] (Danish), underscore [common-gender] (Dutch), substreko (Esperanto), alaviiva (Finnish), tiret bas [masculine] (French), souligné [masculine] (French), blanc souligné [masculine] (French), sous-tiret [masculine] (French), tiret du 8 (French), ქვეტირე (kveṭire) (Georgian), Unterstreichung (english: line) [feminine] (German), Unterstrich [character, masculine] (German), Grundstrich [character] (German), υπογράμμιση (ypográmmisi) [feminine] (Greek), aláhúzásjel [character] (Hungarian), aláhúzás (english: line below text) (Hungarian), undirstrik [neuter] (Icelandic), fostríoc [feminine] (Irish), trattino m basso (Italian), アンダーバー (andābā) (Japanese), アンダースコア (andāsukoa) (Japanese), 밑줄 문자 (mitjul munja) (Korean), 언더바 (eondeoba) (Korean), до́лна цр́та (dólna cŕta) [feminine] (Macedonian), подвлеку́вање (podvlekúvanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), ahungarua (Maori), podkreślenie (english: line) [neuter] (Polish), podkreślnik [character, masculine] (Polish), podłoga [feminine] (Polish), underline [masculine] (Portuguese), sublinha [feminine] (Portuguese), подчёркивание (podčórkivanije) [neuter] (Russian), podčiarkovník [masculine] (Slovak), podčiarknutie [neuter] (Slovak), podčrtaj [masculine] (Slovene), guion bajo (Spanish), understreck [neuter] (Swedish), alt çizgi (Turkish), alt tire (Turkish), підкре́слення (pidkréslennja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-underscore-en-noun-M55X-p34 Disambiguation of 'an underline': 93 7
  2. (music) A piece of background music. Categories (topical): Music Translations (background music): taustakappale (Finnish), háttérzene (Hungarian), sottofondo m musicale (Italian), musica di sottofondo (Italian), bakgrundsmusik [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-underscore-en-noun-KSacSR-~ Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music Disambiguation of 'background music': 1 99
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˌʌn.dəˈskɔː(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌʌn.dɚˈskɔɹ/ [General-American] Forms: underscores [present, singular, third-person], underscoring [participle, present], underscored [participle, past], underscored [past]
Etymology: From under- + score. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|under|score}} under- + score Head templates: {{en-verb}} 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. Translations (to underline): подчертавам (podčertavam) (Bulgarian), podtrhnout (Czech), substreki (Esperanto), alleviivata (Finnish), souligner (French), unterstreichen (German), υπογραμμίζω (ypogrammízo) (Greek), aláhúz (Hungarian), fostríoc (Irish), folínigh (Irish), líne a chur faoi (Irish), stríoc a chur faoi (Irish), sottolineare (Italian), по́двлече (pódvleče) (Macedonian), sublinhar (Portuguese), подчёркивать (podčórkivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подчеркну́ть (podčerknútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), subrayar (Spanish), stryka under (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-underscore-en-verb-7GUSCyzY Disambiguation of 'to underline': 94 6
  2. To emphasize or draw attention to. Translations (to emphasize): наблягам (nabljagam) (Bulgarian), podtrhnout [perfective] (Czech), alleviivata (Finnish), souligner (French), unterstreichen (German), υπογραμμίζω (ypogrammízo) (Greek), hangsúlyoz (Hungarian), nyomatékosít (Hungarian), kiemel (Hungarian), felhívja a figyelmet (Hungarian), béim a chur ar (Irish), béim a leagan ar (Irish), evidenziare (Italian), enfatizzare (Italian), и́стакне (ístakne) (Macedonian), подчёркивать (podčórkivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), подчеркну́ть (podčerknútʹ) [perfective] (Russian), subrayar (Spanish), understryka (Swedish), betona (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-underscore-en-verb-GdTtnDSm Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with under- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 12 10 70 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with under-: 20 17 25 39 Disambiguation of 'to emphasize': 8 92
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Related terms: underbar, undertie, ampersand (alt: &), asterisk and asterism (alt: *; ⁂), at sign (alt: @), backslash (alt: \), bullet (alt: ), dagger (alt: † ‡), degree symbol (alt: °), number sign (alt: #), prime (alt: ), tilde (english: underscore), vertical bar (alt: |), pipe (alt: |)

Inflected forms

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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "lang": "Belarusian",
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "substreko"
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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "alaviiva"
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an underline",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "sous-tiret"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "tiret du 8"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "kveṭire",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "ქვეტირე"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "line",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Unterstreichung"
        },
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an underline",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "character"
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          "word": "Grundstrich"
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ypográmmisi",
          "sense": "an underline",
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          ],
          "word": "υπογράμμιση"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "character"
          ],
          "word": "aláhúzásjel"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "hu",
          "english": "line below text",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "aláhúzás"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "undirstrik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fostríoc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "trattino m basso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "andābā",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "アンダーバー"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "andāsukoa",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "アンダースコア"
        },
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          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "mitjul munja",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "밑줄 문자"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "eondeoba",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "언더바"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dólna cŕta",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "до́лна цр́та"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "podvlekúvanje",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "подвлеку́вање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "ahungarua"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "english": "line",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "podkreślenie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "character",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podkreślnik"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "podłoga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "underline"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sublinha"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "podčórkivanije",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "подчёркивание"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podčiarkovník"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "podčiarknutie"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podčrtaj"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "guion bajo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "understreck"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "alt çizgi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "word": "alt tire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "93 7",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pidkréslennja",
          "sense": "an underline",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "підкре́слення"
        }
      ]
    },
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Music",
          "orig": "en:Music",
          "parents": [
            "Art",
            "Sound",
            "Culture",
            "Energy",
            "Society",
            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        "A piece of background music."
      ],
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        [
          "music",
          "music"
        ],
        [
          "background music",
          "background music"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(music) A piece of background music."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "entertainment",
        "lifestyle",
        "music"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "background music",
          "word": "taustakappale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "background music",
          "word": "háttérzene"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "background music",
          "word": "sottofondo m musicale"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "background music",
          "word": "musica di sottofondo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 99",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "background music",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "bakgrundsmusik"
        }
      ]
    }
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
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        "General-American"
      ]
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    },
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "&",
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "*; ⁂",
      "word": "asterisk and asterism"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "@",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "\\",
      "word": "backslash"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "•",
      "word": "bullet"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "† ‡",
      "word": "dagger"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "°",
      "word": "degree symbol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "#",
      "word": "number sign"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "′",
      "word": "prime"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "underscore",
      "word": "tilde"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "|",
      "word": "vertical bar"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "|",
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        {
          "ref": "2011, Matt Aimonetti, MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X, page 14",
          "text": "By convention, Rubyists usually underscore their method names.",
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      ],
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        "To underline; to mark a line beneath text."
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "podčertavam",
          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "подчертавам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "podtrhnout"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "substreki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "lang": "Finnish",
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          "word": "alleviivata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "souligner"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "unterstreichen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "el",
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          "roman": "ypogrammízo",
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          "word": "υπογραμμίζω"
        },
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "aláhúz"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "fostríoc"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "folínigh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "líne a chur faoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "word": "stríoc a chur faoi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "sottolineare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "word": "по́двлече"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "to underline",
          "word": "sublinhar"
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          "word": "подчёркивать"
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          "word": "подчеркну́ть"
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          "_dis1": "94 6",
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          "word": "subrayar"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
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          "ref": "1986, Richard Bauman, Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative",
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          "word": "наблягам"
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          "word": "alleviivata"
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          "code": "fr",
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          "word": "souligner"
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          "word": "unterstreichen"
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          "roman": "ypogrammízo",
          "sense": "to emphasize",
          "word": "υπογραμμίζω"
        },
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          "sense": "to emphasize",
          "word": "hangsúlyoz"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to emphasize",
          "word": "nyomatékosít"
        },
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to emphasize",
          "word": "kiemel"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "to emphasize",
          "word": "felhívja a figyelmet"
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        {
          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "to emphasize",
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        },
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
          "code": "ga",
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          "sense": "to emphasize",
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          ],
          "word": "подчеркну́ть"
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          "word": "subrayar"
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to emphasize",
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          "_dis1": "8 92",
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      "code": "ca",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
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      "word": "下橫線"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàhéngxiàn",
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      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "podtržítko"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bundstreg"
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "word": "substreko"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "word": "alaviiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "tiret bas"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an underline",
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "blanc souligné"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "word": "tiret du 8"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "kveṭire",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "word": "ქვეტირე"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "english": "line",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Unterstreichung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "character",
        "masculine"
      ],
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Grundstrich"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypográmmisi",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "υπογράμμιση"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "character"
      ],
      "word": "aláhúzásjel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "english": "line below text",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "word": "aláhúzás"
    },
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      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "an underline",
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "an underline",
      "word": "trattino m basso"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "andābā",
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      "word": "アンダーバー"
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      "word": "アンダースコア"
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      "word": "밑줄 문자"
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      "word": "언더바"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "an underline",
      "word": "ahungarua"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "an underline",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "podłoga"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "an underline",
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      ],
      "word": "underline"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "sublinha"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "code": "sk",
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        "masculine"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podčrtaj"
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "understreck"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "word": "alt çizgi"
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    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "word": "alt tire"
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidkréslennja",
      "sense": "an underline",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "підкре́слення"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "background music",
      "word": "taustakappale"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "background music",
      "word": "háttérzene"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "background music",
      "word": "sottofondo m musicale"
    },
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
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      "word": "dagger"
    },
    {
      "alt": "°",
      "word": "degree symbol"
    },
    {
      "alt": "#",
      "word": "number sign"
    },
    {
      "alt": "′",
      "word": "prime"
    },
    {
      "english": "underscore",
      "word": "tilde"
    },
    {
      "alt": "|",
      "word": "vertical bar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "|",
      "word": "pipe"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "Quotation templates to be cleaned"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2011, Matt Aimonetti, MacRuby: The Definitive Guide: Ruby and Cocoa on OS X, page 14",
          "text": "By convention, Rubyists usually underscore their method names.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To underline; to mark a line beneath text."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "underline",
          "underline"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "I wish to underscore the importance of proper formatting."
        },
        {
          "ref": "1986, Richard Bauman, Story, Performance, and Event: Contextual Studies of Oral Narrative",
          "text": "The tale thus underscores in expressive form the semiparadoxical fact that traders can lie by telling the truth.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To emphasize or draw attention to."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "emphasize",
          "emphasize"
        ],
        [
          "attention",
          "attention"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌn.dəˈskɔː(ɹ)/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌʌn.dɚˈskɔɹ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "podčertavam",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "подчертавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "podtrhnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "substreki"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "alleviivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "souligner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "unterstreichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypogrammízo",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "υπογραμμίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "aláhúz"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "fostríoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "folínigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "líne a chur faoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "stríoc a chur faoi"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "sottolineare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "pódvleče",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "по́двлече"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "sublinhar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podčórkivatʹ",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подчёркивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podčerknútʹ",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подчеркну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "subrayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to underline",
      "word": "stryka under"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nabljagam",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "наблягам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podtrhnout"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "alleviivata"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "souligner"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "unterstreichen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ypogrammízo",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "υπογραμμίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "hangsúlyoz"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "nyomatékosít"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "kiemel"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "felhívja a figyelmet"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "béim a chur ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "béim a leagan ar"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "evidenziare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "enfatizzare"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ístakne",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "и́стакне"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podčórkivatʹ",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "подчёркивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podčerknútʹ",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "подчеркну́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "subrayar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "understryka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to emphasize",
      "word": "betona"
    }
  ],
  "word": "underscore"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1089",
  "msg": "suspicious unhandled suffix in French: 'tiret du 8', originally 'tiret du 8'",
  "path": [
    "underscore"
  ],
  "section": "English",
  "subsection": "noun",
  "title": "underscore",
  "trace": ""
}

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