highlight
English
Alternative forms
- hilite (informal)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
highlight (plural highlights)
- An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
- An especially significant or interesting detail or event.
- (cosmetics) A strand or spot hair dyed a different color than the rest.
Antonyms
- (especially significant or interesting detail or event): lowlight
Translations
strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
especially significant or interesting detail or event
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Verb
highlight (third-person singular simple present highlights, present participle highlighting, simple past and past participle highlighted)
- (transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
- 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, the Guardian:
- The Guardian has spoken to dozens of Europeans who have left, or are planning to leave. Their stories highlight surprising new migration routes – from Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth, Barcelona to Buenos Aires – as well as more traditional migration patterns.
- 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, the Guardian:
- (transitive) To be a highlight of.
- (transitive) To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
Translations
to make prominent
to mark with a fluorescent marker
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