italicize

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/ɪˈtæl.ɪ.saɪz/

verb

To put into italics.

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Meanings

verbitalicize (third-person singular simple present italicizes, present participle italicizing, simple past and past participle italicized)

present singular third person italicizes · participle present italicizing · participle past italicized · past italicized · alternative Commonwealth italicise

  1. transitivemediaTo put into italics.
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo emphasize.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbprint in italics

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Danish kursivere
  • kursivereto put into italics
Dutch cursiveren
  • cursiverento put into italics
Finnish kursivoida
  • kursivoidato put into italics
French italiciser
  • italiciserto put into italics
Hungarian kurzivál
  • kurziválto put into italics
Māori whakaitāriana
  • whakaitārianato put into italics
Polish pochylać, pisać kursywą
  • pochylaćto put into italics
  • pisać kursywąto put into italics
Portuguese grifar
  • grifarto put into italics
Spanish italiquizar, italicizar
  • italiquizarto put into italics
  • italicizarto put into italics
  • poner en cursivato put into italics
  • escribir en bastardillato put into italics
  • teclear en itálicato put into italics
Swedish kursivera
  • kursiverato put into italics
Cite this entry
APA

italicize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/italicize

MLA

“italicize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/italicize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “italicize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/italicize.

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