italics

noun/ɪˈtælɪks/

Frequency rank: #11,295 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

A style of slanted typeface used for emphasis or to indicate titles.

Illustration for the English word “italics”

Example sentence

The teacher told us to write the book title in italics to make it stand out.

Synonyms & related words

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