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What does highlight mean?
To highlight something is to emphasize it or make it more prominent, as in Last class, the biology teacher highlighted the material we would need to know for the test.
To highlight also means to mark something on paper with a highlighter. A highlighter is a felt-tipped pen with a soft, translucent color used to mark words and images on a printed page. Many students and readers highlight passages in textbooks and other materials to help them remember the passages better.
A highlight is the best or most prominent part of something. You can often watch the highlights of a sporting event or TV show online. Your study notes might be just the highlights of your teacherâs lectures, and if you keep a journal or diary, you might only record the highlights of your day.
Example: I try to highlight the best members of a community in my stories.
Where does highlight come from?
The first records of the term highlight come from around the 1850s. It is an Americanism that combines high, meaning âstrongâ or âintense,â and light, meaning âsomething that gives illumination.â
Photography and beauty have specific meanings for highlight. In photography, a highlight is an area of intense light, used to create a desired effect. To highlight is to create such an area. In beauty, you can add highlights, or areas of lighter color, to your hair by dyeing, or highlighting, these areas. You can also add highlights to your face with the use of a makeup that will lighten the area of your face you apply it to in order to create a glowing effect. This, too, is called highlighting, and the makeup is called a highlighter.
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- highlighter (noun)
- highlighting (noun)
- highlighted (adjective, verb)
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How is highlight used in real life?
Highlights of sporting events and TV shows are very common online, making highlight a common word.
â° Bizarre scenes at #AFCON2021 as the match between #TeamMali and #TeamTunisia ends with 89:46 on the clock and no stoppage time..
đș Watch the AFCON highlights here: https://t.co/I7R9xTy5k9. pic.twitter.com/KSKkaO2PYa
— SuperSport đ (@SuperSportTV) January 12, 2022
#Marvel has reminded fans to "stay… to the end" of its movies while highlighting 8 of their most memorable end-credits scenes: https://t.co/LX0InxC9gg pic.twitter.com/eHtnjj9lxi
— MCU – The Direct (@MCU_Direct) January 11, 2022
I understand everybody has a story & motivation, but ESPN doesnât have to highlight the worst moment that happens in some of these folks lives. Am I tripping?
— Bradley Chubb (@astronaut) April 24, 2020
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Which of the following is NOT a synonym for highlight?
A. focal point
B. feature
C. dull
D. climax