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Underscore

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emphasizeverb(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
underlineverbA 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.

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underlineverbTo draw a line underneath something, especially to add emphasis.
emphasizeverb(transitive) To stress, give emphasis or extra weight to (something).
highlightverb(transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
outlineverb(transitive) To draw an outline of; to describe.
highlightsnounSummary of an event, such as a sporting event, focussing on the most entertaining or consequential aspects; compilation of each highlight of that event
noteverbA symbol or annotation.
accentuateverb(transitive) To bring out distinctly; to make more noticeable or prominent; to emphasize.
emphasiseverbBritish standard spelling of emphasize.
indicateverb(transitive, sometimes with 'of') To point out; to discover; to direct to a knowledge of; to show; to make known.
mentionverbTo make a short reference to something.
demonstrateverb(transitive) To show, display, or present; to prove or make evident
commemorateverb(transitive) To honour the memory of someone or something with a ceremony or object.
showverb(transitive) To display, to have somebody see (something).
pointverbA small dot or mark.
focusverb(transitive) To direct attention, effort, or energy to a particular audience or task.
reiterateverb(transitive) To say or do (something) for a second time, such as for emphasis.
emphasisnounSpecial weight or forcefulness given to something considered important.
recognizeverb(transitive) To match (something or someone which one currently perceives) to a memory of some previous encounter with the same person or thing.
markverb(heading) Boundary, land within a boundary.
reaffirmverbTo affirm again.

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