italics

italics
italics
Italics are a style of sloping type, like this, and are used for a number of special purposes, principally:
titles of books, films, works of art, etc.:
David Copperfield, Gone with the Wind, Mona Lisa.
titles of long poems:
Paradise Lost.
names of newspapers etc.:
Daily Express, Radio Times.
names of ships and vehicles:
Ark Royal, Concorde.
foreign words and phrases:
amour propre, ne plus ultra (see foreign words and phrases).
for emphasis:
‘Oh, come on, it can't be that bad.’
For other uses see New Hart's Rules, 121–5. In writing, italics are shown by underlining.

Modern English usage. 2014.

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  • italics — noun (plural) a type of printed letters that lean to the right, often used to emphasize particular words: in italics: This example is written in italics. compare roman italic adjective: italic script …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

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  • italics — [ɪˈtælɪks] noun [plural] italics are letters that slope to the right, like the letters in examples in this dictionary …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • italics — n. italic type, form of type in which the letters lean to the right i·tal·ic || ɪ tælɪk n. italic type, form of type in which the letters lean to the right …   English contemporary dictionary

  • italics — n. pl. Italic letters …   New dictionary of synonyms

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