What does highlight mean?

Definitions for highlight
ˈhaɪˌlaɪthigh·light

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. highlight, high spotnoun

    the most interesting or memorable part

    "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"

  2. highlight, highlightingverb

    an area of lightness in a picture

  3. foreground, highlight, spotlight, play upverb

    move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

    "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"

  4. highlightverb

    apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent

    "highlight the area above your eyebrows"

GCIDE

  1. highlightverb

    To make (part of a text or image) more prominent, especially by making it of a lighter hue or of a different color than the remaining part.

  2. highlightnoun

    The most memorable or enjoyable part; -- of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican.

Wiktionary

  1. highlightnoun

    An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.

  2. highlightnoun

    An especially significant or interesting detail or event.

  3. highlightnoun

    A strand or spot hair dyed a different color than the rest.

  4. highlightverb

    To make prominent; emphasize.

  5. highlightverb

    To be a highlight of.

  6. highlightverb

    To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.

  7. Etymology: From high + light.

ChatGPT

  1. highlight

    Highlight refers to emphasizing, stressing, or drawing attention to a particular element, detail, or aspect of something. It can be used in physical sense such as using colors to highlight text or symbolically such as highlighting a significant event in history. In a broader context, it can also refer to the most significant or interesting part or event of something.

CrunchBase

  1. Highlight

    Highlight is a mobile ambient awareness app. When you come within a few blocks of another Highlight user who is your Facebook friend or that you have friends or interests in common with, Highlight sends you a push notification and lets you message them. The app’s homescreen displays a reverse chronological list of all the people you’ve crossed paths with.

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British National Corpus

  1. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'highlight' in Verbs Frequency: #595

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of highlight in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of highlight in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of highlight in a Sentence

  1. General Gregorio Catapang:

    The declaration of the suspension of military offensive against the New People's Army will highlight the government's sincerity to pursue peace.

  2. Vanessa Valdivia:

    The First Lady is a key messenger for the administration’s priorities and will continue to highlight the President’s accomplishments across the country through her travel on the Investing in America tour.

  3. Yuri Trutnev:

    Crises and market distortions highlight the need for diversification.

  4. Ryan Mauro:

    Islamic State wants to redefine feminism by characterizing Western society as oppressive towards women, they choose to highlight women to show that their ideology treats women fairly as equals in jihad.

  5. Andrew Slimmon:

    What's going to come out of China is a short-term concern for the market, so maybe the 5-percent decline we've seen is not quite enough, but what's most important is the payroll numbers coming out today highlight that the economy in the U.S. has not in any way derailed.

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Translations for highlight

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  • تسليط الArabic
  • ressaltar, subratllar, emfasitzar, remarcar, marcar, llumCatalan, Valencian
  • zvýraznitCzech
  • Höhepunkt, markieren, beleuchten, hervorheben, HighlightGerman
  • realce, enfatizar, marcar, rizo, resaltarSpanish
  • برجسته, پررنگ, روشنPersian
  • painottaa, korostaa, tähdentää, korostus, kohokohtaFinnish
  • rehaut, moment le plus marquant, temps fort, surligner, instant le plus marquantFrench
  • मुख्य आकर्षणHindi
  • megjelöl, melír, kiemelHungarian
  • menyorotIndonesian
  • enfatizzare, mettere in evidenza, evidenziare, eventoItalian
  • miramiraMāori
  • hoogtepuntDutch
  • betone, utheve, markereNorwegian
  • realçar, enfatizarPortuguese
  • [[све́тлый]] [[уча́сток]], [[выдвига́ть]] [[на]] [[пе́рвый]] [[план]], вы́делиться, вы́делить, выделя́ть, выделя́ться, [[вы́двинуть]] [[на]] [[пе́рвый]] [[план]], подчёркивать, подчеркну́ть, [[основно́й]] [[моме́нт]]Russian
  • наглашавати, истицатиSerbo-Croatian
  • höjdpunkt, slingaSwedish
  • முன்னிலைப்படுத்தTamil
  • హైలైట్Telugu
  • 突出Chinese

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