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Meaning of Underline | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈʌndɚˌlaɪn

Definitions

  1. A line placed underneath a piece of text in order to provide emphasis or to indicate that it should be viewed in italics or (in electronic documents) that it acts as a hyperlink.
  2. The character _.
    uncommon
  3. An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.
    dated
  4. A caption beneath a photograph (which may have more than one line of text).
    dated

Equivalents

Examples

“Several readers [...] write to point out that the ex-Great Eastern 0-6-0s now classified as "J20" in the L.N.E.R. lists, no longer hold the supremacy for power among British 0-6-0 locomotives as suggested in the underline to the photograph of one of them which appeared on p. 100 of the March-April issue.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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