highlight

[ hahy-lahyt ]

/ ˈhaɪˌlaɪt /

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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.

Words nearby highlight

highland park, highlander, highlands, highlands, the, highlife, highlight, highlight halftone, highlighter, highline, highly, highly strung

Origin of highlight

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; high + light¹

SYNONYMS FOR highlight

1 stress, accent, underline, feature.

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OTHER WORDS FROM highlight

high·light·er, noun

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Examples from the Web for highlighting

But how exacerbating anarchy in Libya and highlighting the power of the gun over politics serves U.S. interests remains unclear.
An Ex-CIA Recruit Adds to Libyan Chaos|Jamie Dettmer|May 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
News of doctor and nurse drug overdoses hit the press this week, highlighting an ongoing (and growing) problem.
The Secret World of Drug-Addict Doctors|Kent Sepkowitz|April 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
On Monday, he personally thanked Edward Snowden for highlighting some of the abuses made possible by his invention.
World Wide Web Turns 25|Nico Hines|March 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the meantime, Obama should be highlighting mobility nonstop from here to 2017.
Obama and Inequality (and Clinton): A Long-Term Project|Michael Tomasky|December 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST

But surely the most damaging is that it reduces the power of highlighting true acts of hateful racism.
The Government Shutdown Isn’t Racist|Stuart Stevens|October 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
And it took some highlighting and sidelighting with the use of a spotlight to actually make those things discernible at all.
Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
There's highlighting and emphasizing selected perceptics and such.
The Premiere|Richard Sabia

British Dictionary definitions for highlighting

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)

painting drawing photog to mark (any brightly illuminated or prominent part of a form or figure) with light tone

to bring notice or emphasis to

to be the highlight of

to produce blond streaks in (the hair) by bleaching

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highlight

verb (used with object), high·light·ed, high·light·ing.

noun

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Origin of highlight

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British Dictionary definitions for highlighting

noun

verb (tr)