different between accentuate vs underline

English

Etymology

• First attested in 1731.
• (emphasize): First attested in 1865.
• From Medieval Latin accentu?tus, past participle of accentu?re, from Latin accentus.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA^(key): /?k?sen.t?u.e?t/, /æk?sen.t?u?e?t/

Verb

accentuate (third-person singular simple present accentuates, present participle accentuating, simple past and past participle accentuated)

1. (transitive) To pronounce with an accent or vocal stress.
2. (transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
   • 1898, H. G. Wells, The War of the Worlds/Book 2/Chapter 3

     our danger and insolation only accentuated the incompatibility
3. (transitive) To mark with a written accent.

Synonyms

• accent, betone

Related terms

• accentual
• accentuation

Translations

Italian

Adjective

accentuate f pl

1. feminine plural of accentuato

Verb

accentuate

1. second-person plural present indicative of accentuare
2. second-person plural imperative of accentuare

English

Etymology

under- +? line

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• (General American, alternative pronunciation of the verb) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• (Received Pronunciation, alternative pronunciation of the verb) IPA^(key): /??nd??la?n/
• Rhymes: -a?n (for alternative pronunciation of the verb)

Noun

underline (plural underlines)

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 _.
3. (dated) An announcement of a theatrical performance to follow, placed in an advertisement for the current one.

Translations

Verb

underline (third-person singular simple present underlines, present participle underlining, simple past and past participle underlined)

1. To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore

2. (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something
3. (figuratively, obsolete) To influence secretly.
   • 1642, Henry Wotton, The Life and Death of the Duke of Buckingham

     By mere chance in appearance, though underlined with a providence, they had a full light of the infanta.

Translations

Adjective

underline (not comparable)

1. Passing under a railway line.
   • 1950, Leonora Fry, C. W. Huxtable, Get to know: British railways (page 26)

     Just as it was sometimes necessary to lower the road to take it beneath an underline bridge, so in this case it might be necessary to raise it.

See also

• underline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Typography

Anagrams

• unlinered

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English underline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??de??lajni/

Noun

underline m (plural underlines)

1. underscore (name of the character _)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:underline.