0 to underline
1 the character _ on a computer keyboard, used to draw a line under a letter or word, and also used in file names where a space is not allowed
2 to emphasize the importance something:
Although parties were relatively quick to form, historians have underscored the importance of the fact that they were not anticipated by the founders.
These issues underscore the importance of studying epidemiological samples.
But this mixture of results underscores the problems simulations face when real data is used as input.
These dual emphases on infant temperament and quality of attachment underscored the renewed interest in individual differences in development.
The impressionistic visuals are underscored by equally off-the-wall treated electronic sounds, which crescendo to a burst of trance-style house music when the images resolve themselves.
This possibility is underscored by the fact that evolutionary pressures can produce similar adaptations from different biological building blocks.
Results underscore the potential importance of different facets of morphological awareness, as distinct from phonological processing skills, for understanding variability in early vocabulary acquisition.
The results underscored the need to examine within-family risk and protective processes that may exist only in certain subgroups of families.
