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Highlight

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Noun

1. high spot, highlight

the most interesting or memorable part

Example Sentences:
'the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican'

2. highlight, highlighting

an area of lightness in a picture

Verb

3. foreground, highlight, play up, spotlight

move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

Example Sentences:
'The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics'

4. highlight

apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent

Example Sentences:
'highlight the area above your eyebrows'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Highlight

see synonyms of highlight
noun
1. 
an area of the lightest tone in a painting, drawing, photograph, etc
2. 
the most exciting or memorable part of an event or period of time
3. (often plural)
a bleached blond streak in the hair
verb (transitive)
4. painting, drawing, photography
to mark (any brightly illuminated or prominent part of a form or figure) with light tone
5. 
to bring notice or emphasis to
6. 
to be the highlight of
7. 
to produce blond streaks in (the hair) by bleaching

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Highlight

see synonyms of highlight
noun
1. 
a. 
a part on which light is brightest
the highlights on the cheeks
b. 
a part of a painting, photograph, etc. on which light is represented as brightest
c. 
the representation or effect of such light in a painting, photograph, etc.
: also high light
2. 
the most important, interesting, or outstanding part, scene, etc.
verb transitive
3. 
to give a highlight or highlights to
4. 
to give prominence to; emphasize
5. 
to mark with a highlighter
6. 
to be the most outstanding in

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Highlight

see synonyms of highlight
n.
1. An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
2. An especially significant or interesting detail or event.
3. highlights Strands of hair that have been lightened, as by bleaching or coloring.
tr.v. high·light·ed, high·light·ing, high·lights
1. To give a highlight to (the subject of a painting, for example).
2.
a. To make prominent; emphasize: The article highlighted the painstaking work of the detectives.
b. To be a highlight of: The duet highlighted the concert.
3. To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
4. To lighten (strands of hair), as by bleaching or coloring.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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