Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Highlight   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.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Highlight" Quotes from Famous Books



... 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


Words linked to "Highlight" :   play down, detail, item, play up, particular, highlighter, make up, lightness, foreground, set off, high spot, spotlight, highlighting, bring out, background, light


Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com