underscored
USun-der-SKORD/ˌʌn.dɚˈskɔɹd/UKun-duh-SKORD/ˌʌn.dəˈskɔː(ɹ)d/
- 1Simple past and past participle of underscore.
The findings underscored the importance of early treatment.
Each key term had been underscored by hand in the old manuscript.
Note
A regular past form, so one spelling serves both the simple past and the participle: the report underscored the risk; the risk has been underscored. It carries both meanings of the verb, the literal one of drawing a line beneath text and the figurative one of emphasizing. Both take a direct object. The noun's senses, the printed line and a piece of background music, play no part in it.
underscored is a form of underscore
underscore, verb: To emphasize something or draw deliberate attention to its importance. Full entry
- Forms
- underscoreunderscores he/she/itunderscoring -ing formunderscored past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- underscore → underscored: add -d
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