Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Type with thick heavy lines.
- adjective Typeset or printed in thick heavy type.
- transitive verb To mark (copy) for printing in this type.
- transitive verb To set or print in this type.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who has a bold face; an impudent person.
- noun In printing, same as
full-face .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun a typeface with thick heavy lines; -- also called
bold-faced . - verb to print in boldface.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun typography A
font that is dark, having a high ration of ink to white space, written or drawn with thick strong lines. - verb To print, write or draw in a boldfaced font.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb print in boldface
- noun a typeface with thick heavy lines
- noun a typeface with thick heavy lines
Etymologies
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Examples
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Goldstein: Bloggers, as distinct from other publishers, have less time/willingness to invest time, less money/willingness to invest money, and are interested in boldface instead of subtle.
Archive 2009-07-01 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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I can put the above in boldface if you need me to.
A New Book 2010
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Goldstein: Bloggers, as distinct from other publishers, have less time/willingness to invest time, less money/willingness to invest money, and are interested in boldface instead of subtle.
The Future of Today’s Legal Scholarship, Part 3 Rebecca Tushnet 2009
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Here's the quote, with the part that Wehner skips in boldface:
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I'll even put it in boldface, I think it's so important.
Stumblin' Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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I'll even put it in boldface, I think it's so important.
Archive 2007-07-01 Matthew Guerrieri 2007
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Two quotes (shown in boldface below) come from this March 17, 2006, column:
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[Passages in boldface for comparison purposes; see here for clean transcription.]
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[Passages in boldface for comparison purposes; see here for clean transcription.]
News Report 1794
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[Passages in boldface for comparison purposes; see here for clean transcription.]
News Report 1794
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