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Highlight   /hˈaɪlˌaɪt/   Listen
verb
highlight  v. t.  
1.
To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.
Synonyms: foreground, spotlight, play up.
2.
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.


noun
highlight  n.  
1.
The part of an image that has the most intense light.
2.
The most memorable or enjoyable part; of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican.





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"Highlight" Quotes from Famous Books



... bundle secured, he once more went close to the figure of the sleeper and this time dropped on one knee beside her. He could see nothing distinctly by the starlight, but her forehead gleamed with one faint highlight, and there was the pale glimmer of one ...
— The Rangeland Avenger • Max Brand
... made consistent in the main body of the text without note. Please note that the author uses the term 'high light' rather than the more usual 'highlight'. ...
— Handbook of Embroidery • L. Higgin
... spelling and the use of italics and capital letters to highlight words and phrases have, for the most part, been retained. I think they help maintain the "feel" of the book, which was published nearly 200 years ago. Flinders notes in the preface that "I heard it declared that a man who published ...
— A Voyage to Terra Australis • Matthew Flinders
... great deal to highlight the importance of family in our life, and now they're turning their attention to getting more parents involved in their children's learning all the way through school. I thank you, Mr. Vice President, and I thank you especially, Tipper, ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various


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