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to italicize

to italicize

4 4.5
To put words in slanted letters to make them stand out
  • verb
  • /ˈɪtəlɪˌzaɪz/
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  • The ability to bold, italicize, highlight, and underline gives additional control over the style of the created text.
  • italicized words
  • italicizing a phrase
  • italicize the title

And then she italicizes this afterwards, whim.

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Examples

  • In her essay, she needed to italicize the title of the book for proper formatting.

  • (See the New-Music Glossary for descriptions of the italicized genres and terms.)

    Academic text (2005)
  • "I have italicized the words that are central to my present point."

    Academic text (2011)
  • All negative behaviors are italicized to assist with reading the data.

    Academic text (2002)
  • A key word is italicized in each item in Table 1 for convenience in referring to the items.

    Academic text (2004)
  • However, the name of the journal itself is italicized as well as done in uppercase and lowercase.

    Academic text (2002)
  • All journal titles are italicized and completely written out, unlike many other styles that call for abbreviated titles.

    Academic text (2002)
  • We think the italicized clause is most important for appreciating Birchfield's novelty.

    Academic text (2018)
  • An example is provided in sentences 2a and 2b (note target words were not italicized in the experiment).

    Academic text (2013)
  • To highlight the important points, make sure to italicize the key terms in your report.

How Slanted

to italicize
4 4.5
to slant
25 3.7

Surface Forms

italicize infinitive
italicized past
italicized past participle
italicizing present participle
italicizes third person singular

Morphology

italicize = italic (transparent) = italic + ize

Formed by the adjective 'italic' + the verb-forming suffix '-ize', meaning 'to make or set in italics', which is a straightforward derivation.

Etymology

The word italicize comes from italic, a word that originally meant 'from Italy' because the slanted letters were first made in Italy. So, to italicize is to make words 'lean' or slanted to show emphasis.