Definitions of highlight [ˈhaɪˌlaɪt]

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Definition of 'highlight'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (v.t.) highlight
to emphasize or make prominent.

2.  highlight
to mark with a felt-tip highlighter.

3.  highlight
to create highlights in.

4. (n.) highlight
Also, high light. an important, conspicuous, memorable, or enjoyable event, scene, part, or the like.

5.  highlight
an area of contrasting lightness or brightness, as on a glossy surface.

Etymology: (1850–55)

Definition of 'highlight'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) highlight, high spot
the most interesting or memorable part
"the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"

2. (verb) highlight, highlighting
an area of lightness in a picture

3. (verb) foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up
move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

4. (verb) highlight
apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent
"highlight the area above your eyebrows"

Definition of 'highlight'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (verb) highlight
to make clear that sth is important
The riots highlight the need for more police.

2. highlight
to mark a piece of writing with a special colored pen
Look at the sentences highlighted in yellow.

3. highlight
to make pieces of your hair a lighter color
Do you highlight your hair?

4. (noun) highlight
the best or most exciting part of an event or period
The children's choir was the highlight of the night.

Translation of 'highlight'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the best or most memorable event, experience, part of something etc The highlight of our holiday was a trip to a brewery.
Afrikaans: glanspunt, hoogtepunt	Arabic: أهم وأفْضَل حَدَث	Bulgarian: връхна точка
Brazilian: ponto culminante	Czech: zlatý hřeb	German: der Höhepunkt
Danish: højdepunkt	Greek: το πιο ενδιαφέρον σημείο	Spanish: punto culminante, guinda
Estonian: tipphetk	Farsi: نكته جالب توجه	Finnish: kohokohta
French: clou	Hebrew: הַחֶלֶק הַבּוֹלֵט בְּיוֹת	Hindi: उजागर
Croatian: vrhunac	Hungarian: kiemelkedő mozzanat	Indonesian: puncak
Icelandic: hápunktur, besti hluti	Italian: punto culminante	Japanese: ハイライト
Korean: 가장 중요한 부분	Lithuanian: svarbiausiasįvykis, įdomi	Latvian: būtisks/labākais moments
Malay: acara kemuncak	Dutch: hoogtepunt	Norwegian: høydepunkt, klimaks
Polish: atrakcja, najważniejsze w	Persian: نكته جالب توجه	Pashto: پوزره پوری نکته
Portuguese: ponto culminante	Romanian: marea atracţie	Russian: кульминационный момент
Slovak: zlatý klinec, vrcholná ud	Slovenian: vrhunec	Serbian: vrhunac
Swedish: höjdpunkt	Thai: เหตุการณ์ที่สำคัญ	Turkish: önemli/unutulmayacak şey
Taiwanese: 最精彩或最難忘的部份	Ukrainian: основний момент	Urdu: کسی شے کا بہترین حصہ
Vietnamese: điểm nổi bật nhất	Chinese: 最精彩的场面
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