highlight

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

high + light

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Noun

Singular
highlight

Plural
highlights

highlight (plural highlights)

  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.

[edit] Translations

strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
especially significant or interesting detail or event
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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to highlight

Third person singular
highlights

Simple past
highlighted

Past participle
highlighted

Present participle
highlighting

to highlight (third-person singular simple present highlights, present participle highlighting, simple past and past participle highlighted)

  1. (transitive): To make prominent; emphasize.
  2. (transitive): To be a highlight of.
  3. (transitive): To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.

[edit] Translations

to make prominent
to be a highlight of
  • French: etre la star de
to mark with a fluorescent marker
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