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underbar

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English

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Etymology

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From under- +‎ bar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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underbar (plural underbars)

  1. A bar placed under a symbol.
    is the letter A with an underbar.

Verb

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underbar (third-person singular simple present underbars, present participle underbarring, simple past and past participle underbarred)

  1. (transitive) To place a bar under (a symbol).

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Calque of German wunderbar, equivalent to under +‎ -bar. Compare Danish and Norwegian Bokmål underbar, Dutch wonderbaar, German wunderbar and Low German wunnerbor.

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Adjective

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underbar

  1. wonderful, marvelous

Inflection

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Inflection of underbar
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular underbar underbarare underbarast
Neuter singular underbart underbarare underbarast
Plural underbara underbarare underbarast
Masculine plural3 underbare underbarare underbarast
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 underbare underbarare underbaraste
All underbara underbarare underbaraste
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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