to italicize
- verb
- /ˈɪtəlɪˌzaɪz/
- 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.
- And then she italicizes this afterwards, whim.
- But all this is nothing we know, because, like the letter writers italicized words, that the Sun Pete will soon be better.
- I swear he italicizes the last set of sentences of every story, like trying to make it more impactful and horrifying.
- You can bold it, you can italicize it, you can put it in an* and punctual quotation marks, you know, italics, whatever you want.
- He you italicize the word not in that.
Examples
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In her essay, she needed to italicize the title of the book for proper formatting.
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(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
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.