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# italic

adjective (italic); noun (italics, usually plural; italic)

«italic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Printed letters that slope to the right, like handwriting, used to show titles or to make a word stand out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#m1)
2. (Italic) To do with ancient Italy and its peoples and languages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#m2)

### In the lessons

In English and computing lessons pupils use italics for book titles, foreign words and emphasis, and press Ctrl+I (Cmd+I) to make text italic. In stories, italics often show thoughts, dreams or a word said with stress. Phrases: in italics, italic font, italic handwriting.

### Examples

- The title of the book is printed in italics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#x1)
- Press Ctrl+I to make your word italic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#x2)
- In the story, the girl's thoughts are in italics. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#x3)
- My teacher writes in a neat italic hand. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#x4)
- Use italics for the names of ships, like the Titanic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#x5)
- The word «really» was in italics to show it was said loudly. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#x6)
- Italic letters lean to the right. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#x7)
- Passages in italics indicated by underscores. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/#x8)

### Note

«In italics» uses the plural. Opposite: roman (upright) type; also compare bold. When writing by hand, underline what would be in italics in print. Comes from «Italy», where this type was invented around 1500.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «italic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/italic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«italic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/italic.html) on Mova free.