highlight
[ hahy-lahyt ]
/ ˈhaɪˌlaɪt /
verb (used with object), high·light·ed, high·light·ing.
to emphasize or make prominent.
to create highlights in (a photograph or engraving).
noun
Also high light. an important, conspicuous, memorable, or enjoyable event, scene, part, or the like: the highlight of his talk; the highlight of the concert series.
the area of most intense light on a represented form, as in a painting or photograph.
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highlight
/ (ˈhaɪˌlaɪt) /
noun
an area of the lightest tone in a painting, drawing, photograph, etc
the most exciting or memorable part of an event or period of time
(often plural) a bleached blond streak in the hair
verb (tr)
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highlight
1650s, originally of paintings, "the brightest part of a subject," from high (adj.) + light (n.). The figurative sense of "outstanding feature or characteristic" is from 1855. The verb is from 1861. Hairdressing sense is 1941 (n.), 1942 (v.). Related: Highlighted; highlighting.
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