Definition of italicize in English:
Write or print (text) in italics: she italicized the unfamiliar phrase changes of wording have been italicized
More example sentences
- Almost every 10th word on a page is italicized, which is a flaw for two reasons.
- Legal citations are italicized and footnoted in the text.
- The strikethrough font identifies original language proposed for deletion while proposed changes are italicized in bold font.
- Example sentences
- The italicisation of quotations is in the original.
- One of the several accepted uses of italicisation in a text is to signal that a word or phrase is foreign.
- In case it is impossible to use italicisation one may underline the italicised parts of the examples above.
Definition of italicize in:
- US English dictionary
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