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underlining en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From underline + -ing.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) An act or instance of marking text with an underline.
There are so many underlinings, so many exclamation points in the margins, and so much highlighting from my many readings and appreciatings that it looks like a case of severe book abuse. It is not; these are marks of love.
2005, Theodore Cheney, Getting the Words Right, page 238:
Forms
Synonyms
underlineation
underlining en · VERB · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From underline + -ing.
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of underline
underlining en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én
Proto-Indo-European *-tér
Proto-Indo-European *h₁entér
Proto-Indo-European *h₂én
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-?
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰi
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Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰí
Proto-Indo-European *-ér
Proto-Indo-European *(H)n̥dʰér
Proto-Germanic *under
Proto-West Germanic *undar
Old English under-
Middle English under-
English under-
English lining
English underlining
From under- + lining.
Meanings
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A lining on the inside of a garment.
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