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underline
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)
- 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.
- The character _.
- (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)
- To draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis; to underscore
- (figuratively) To emphasise or stress something
- (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.
- 1642, Henry Wotton, The Life and Death of the Duke of Buckingham
Translations
Adjective
underline (not comparable)
- 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.
- 1950, Leonora Fry, C. W. Huxtable, Get to know: British railways (page 26)
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)
- underscore (name of the character _)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:underline.
underline From the web:
- what underlies much of the yucatan peninsula
- what underlies ocean basins
- what underlying conditions
- what underlying health conditions
- what underlying conditions cause anxiety
- what underlying diseases cause itching
- what underlying conditions cause vertigo
- what underlying diseases cause anxiety
support
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t]
- (General American) IPA(key): /s??p??t/, [s??p???t], [s??p?o?t]
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /s??po(?)?t/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /s??po?t/
- Rhymes: -??(?)t
- Hyphenation: sup?port
Etymology 1
From Middle English supporten, from Old French supporter, from Latin support?. Displaced Old English underwreþian and Old English fultum.
Verb
support (third-person singular simple present supports, present participle supporting, simple past and past participle supported)
- (transitive) To keep from falling.
- (transitive) To answer questions and resolve problems regarding something sold.
- (transitive) To back a cause, party, etc., mentally or with concrete aid.
- (transitive) To help, particularly financially.
- To verify; to make good; to substantiate; to establish; to sustain.
- 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will
- to urge such arguments, as though they were sufficient to support and demonstrate a whole scheme of moral philosophy
- 1754, Jonathan Edwards, The Freedom of the Will
- (transitive) To serve, as in a customer-oriented mindset; to give support to.
- (transitive) To be designed (said of machinery, electronics, or computers, or their parts, accessories, peripherals, or programming) to function compatibly with or provide the capacity for.
- (transitive) To be accountable for, or involved with, but not responsible for.
- (archaic) To endure without being overcome; bear; undergo; to tolerate.
- This fierce demeanour and his insolence / The patience of a god could not support.
- 1881, Robert Louis Stevenson, Virginibus Puerisque:
- For a strong affection such moments are worth supporting, and they will end well; for your advocate is in your lover's heart and speaks her own language […]
- To assume and carry successfully, as the part of an actor; to represent or act; to sustain.
Synonyms
- (to keep from falling): underprop, uphold, stut
Antonyms
- (to back a cause, party, etc.): oppose
Derived terms
- supportable
- supported
- supportive
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English support, from Anglo-Norman and Middle French support. Displaced Old English underwreþung.
Noun
support (countable and uncountable, plural supports)
- (sometimes attributive) Something which supports.
- Financial or other help.
- Answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold.
- (mathematics) in relation to a function, the set of points where the function is not zero, or the closure of that set.
- (fuzzy set theory) A set whose elements are at least partially included in a given fuzzy set (i.e., whose grade of membership in that fuzzy set is strictly greater than zero).
- Evidence.
- (computing) Compatibility and functionality for a given product or feature.
- An actor playing a subordinate part with a star.
- An accompaniment in music.
- (gymnastics) Clipping of support position.
- (structural analysis) Horizontal, vertical or rotational support of structures: movable, hinged, fixed. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Antonyms
- (mathematics): kernel
Hyponyms
- moral support
- (answers to questions and resolution of problems regarding something sold): first-level support, second-level support, third-level support
- (military): combat support
Derived terms
- support act
- support group
Translations
French
Etymology
From the verb supporter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.p??/
Noun
support m (plural supports)
- support
- base
- (heraldry) supporter
Further reading
- “support” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
support From the web:
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- what supports the big bang theory
- what supports the microscope
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- what supports the theory of plate tectonics
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