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Music is as integral to me as my own DNA. My life has become a continual soundtrack, with music underscoring the most powerful and even the most banal moments of my life.
Danielle de Niese

Meaning of "underscoring" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERSCORING

underscoring  [ˈʌndəˌskɔːrɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERSCORING

noun
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verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underscoring is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES UNDERSCORING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Underscoring

In film production, underscoring is the playing of music quietly under dialogue or a visual scene. It is usually done to establish a mood or theme. In a play, sometimes incidental music is used for this purpose.

Definition of underscoring in the English dictionary

The first definition of underscoring in the dictionary is the practice of drawing or scoring a line or mark underunderscoring of sth. Other definition of underscoring is the fact of stressing or reinforcing. Underscoring is also the playing of music quietly during dialogue or when there is no dialogue.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERSCORING


adoring
əˈdɔːrɪŋ
boring
ˈbɔːrɪŋ
flooring
ˈflɔːrɪŋ
high-scoring
ˈhaɪˌskɔːrɪŋ
homeshoring
ˈhəʊmˌʃɔːrɪŋ
imploring
ɪmˈplɔːrɪŋ
longshoring
ˈlɒŋʃɔːrɪŋ
loring
ˈlɔːrɪŋ
low-scoring
ˈləʊˌskɔːrɪŋ
offshoring
ˈɒfˌʃɔːrɪŋ
onshoring
ˈɒnˌʃɔːrɪŋ
outpouring
ˈaʊtˌpɔːrɪŋ
pouring
ˈpɔːrɪŋ
roaring
ˈrɔːrɪŋ
scoring
ˈskɔːrɪŋ
skijoring
skiːˈdʒɔːrɪŋ
snoring
ˈsnɔːrɪŋ
soaring
ˈsɔːrɪŋ
stevedoring
ˈstiːvɪˌdɔːrɪŋ
warring
ˈwɔːrɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERSCORING

undersaturated
undersay
underscore
underscrub
undersea
underseal
undersealing
underseas
undersecretary
undersecretaryship
undersell
underseller
undersense
underserved
underset
undersetting
undersexed
undershapen
undersheriff
undershirt

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERSCORING

authoring
bring
catering
coloring
doctoring
factoring
hectoring
mentoring
monitoring
mooring
motoring
neighboring
parquet flooring
sailoring
school of motoring
shoring
skikjoring
tailoring
tutoring
vectoring

Synonyms and antonyms of underscoring in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «underscoring» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERSCORING

Find out the translation of underscoring to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of underscoring from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «underscoring» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

强调
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

subrayado
570 millions of speakers

English

underscoring
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

रेखांकित
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تشديده
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подчеркивая,
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

DESTACANDO
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

underscoring
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

soulignement
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menggariskan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Streichung
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

強調
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

밑줄과
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Underscoring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Khẳng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அடிக்கோடிடும் வகையில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अधोरेखित करणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

altını
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sottolineatura
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

podkreślając
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підкреслюючи ,
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

subliniind
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υπογράμμισης
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

onderstreep
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Underskridning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

understreking
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underscoring

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERSCORING»

The term «underscoring» is regularly used and occupies the 67.426 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERSCORING» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «underscoring» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «underscoring» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underscoring

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2 QUOTES WITH «UNDERSCORING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word underscoring.
1
Danielle de Niese
Music is as integral to me as my own DNA. My life has become a continual soundtrack, with music underscoring the most powerful and even the most banal moments of my life.
2
Arthur Penn
I think there's a quality of passion to the American actor. I'm certainly attracted to it, and I like to hope that underscoring it is a characteristic of my work. That quality is certainly also present in some British actors, but I tend to feel the mechanical and intellectual process is dominant in the British.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERSCORING»

Discover the use of underscoring in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underscoring and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Functions of Dialogue Underscoring in American Feature Film
This dissertation provides an analytical framework for understanding how music functions in a scene containing dialogue.
David Allen Helvering, 2007
2
Journal of the Assembly of the State of New York
On page 2, strike out the underscoring, in lines 23, 24, 25 and 26. On page 3, strike out all of the underscoring of said page. On page 4, strike out all the underscoring of said page. On page 5, strike out all the underscoring of said page.
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly, 1906
3
Pit Bulls: Underscoring Actual Causes of Societal Violence
This book demonstrates that, more often than not, so-called aggression or misbehavior attributed to any breed of dog can be traced back to either an innocent misunderstanding of canine behavioror the deliberate and nefarious misdeeds of ...
B.G. Boucher, 2011
4
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In a typewriting machine, the combination with a typewriter carriage, alphabet keys and single-space letter- feeding means for said carriage under the control of said keys, of rapid underscoring mechanism including an underscore type of ...
United States. Patent Office, 1919
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Printing Art
interesting. observations. regarding. the. use. and. abuse. of. underscoring. in composition, with practical suggestions ... to cast “underscoring” devices into the discard, and she is not slow in availing herself of the superior chromatic facilities.
‎1918
6
The Musical: A Look at the American Musical Theater
Underscoring allows the composer to harness the power of music in an equally soaring but less dramatically specific manner. Unlike incidental music which serves a secondary function by heightening the mood of the drama it accompanies, ...
Richard Kislan, 1995
7
Settling the Score: Music and the Classical Hollywood Film
Conventions for underscoring developed to bring the expressive possibilities of music to the human voice. These included relying on the strings; avoiding the woodwinds, whose timbre tends to obscure dialogue; avoiding extremes in register; ...
Kathryn Kalinak, 1992
8
Wicked: A Musical Biography
Number 18E is “Wicked Witch of the East—Intro,” instrumental underscoring for the only major song in the score that does not appear on the OCR. As Elphaba learns that her father has died, Schwartz softly quotes the “Wicked” motive and the ...
Paul R. Laird, 2011
9
Typing: Two-in-One - Keyboarding and Document Processing
Underscore key — underline function Before underscoring a short word, backspace once for each letter and space in the word to be underscored. For longer words, or several words, use carriage release lever. After you finish underscoring, ...
Archie Drummond, Anne Coles-Mogford, 1996
10
The Musical as Drama: A Study of the Principles and ...
The "Mister Snow" episode begins with orchestral underscoring while the spoken dialogue between Julie and Carrie turns to rhyme. The tenth measure sends Carrie into "You're a Queer One, Julie Jordan," a sixteen-measure segment shared ...
Scott McMillin, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERSCORING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underscoring is used in the context of the following news items.
1
A Tribute to a Controversial Queer Icon Is Savaged, Underscoring
... A Tribute to a Controversial Queer Icon Is Savaged, Underscoring His Lasting Power. A Tribute to a Controversial Queer Icon Is Savaged, Underscoring His ... «Crave Online, Jun 15»
2
BP and Rosneft Sign Production, Exploration, Refining Pacts
... TOT 0.18 % of France, underscoring the limitation of Western sanctions that have targeted Rosneft and its chief executive, an ally of President Vladimir Putin. «Wall Street Journal, Jun 15»
3
Melee erupts at Yemen peace talks, underscoring rifts
GENEVA/SANAA A fistfight erupted on the sidelines of peace talks in Geneva on Thursday between supporters of different warring factions in Yemen, ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
4
China Deflation Risks Linger, Underscoring Weak Local Demand
China's consumer prices rose at a slower pace in May and factory-gate deflation extended a record stretch of declines, underscoring tepid demand at home and ... «Bloomberg, Jun 15»
5
AIMIM attracts Dalits underscoring RPI's decay
AIMIM attracts Dalits underscoring RPI's decay. Monday, 4 May 2015 - 6:20am IST | Agency: dna | From the print edition. Dhaval Kulkarni ... «Daily News & Analysis, May 15»
6
Tempur Sealy Mails Letter To Shareholders Underscoring Strengths …
LEXINGTON, Ky., April 22, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Tempur Sealy International, Inc. (NYSE: TPX), the world's largest bedding provider, today mailed a letter to its ... «PR Newswire, Apr 15»
7
Jihadist attacks intensify in northern Mali, underscoring high risks of …
The UN stabilisation mission in northern Mali (Mission Multidimensionnelle Intégrée des Nations Unies pour la Stabilisation au Mali: MINUSMA) on 20 April ... «IHS Jane's 360, Apr 15»
8
Scoring beef, underscoring banal Hindutva: The limits of MTV's …
The article is an attempt to demonstrate the limits of neo liberal activism, and the still existing secular liberal politics in India. A grab of the MTV video Agencies ... «Daily News & Analysis, Apr 15»
9
Periscope for Android missing: underscoring the iPhone problem
There are two ways to look at the situation with Twitter's re-launch of Periscope (for iPhone only). One is a show of power - such a massive number of people use ... «SlashGear, Mar 15»
10
Breaking down new bill underscoring civilians' right to record police …
A protestor pretends to talk on a cell phone as he taunts a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) police officer at the Civic Center station on August 15, 2011 in San ... «89.3 KPCC, Mar 15»

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