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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun highlight has 2 senses

• highlight(n = noun.linkdef) high spot - the most interesting or memorable part; "the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"
is a kind of detail, item, particular
Derived form verb highlight₁

• highlight(n = noun.attribute) highlighting - an area of lightness in a picture; Array
is a kind of light, lightness

Verb highlight has 2 senses

• highlight(v = verb.change) foreground, play up, spotlight - move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
is one way to bring out, set off
Derived forms noun highlight₁, noun highlighter₂, noun highlighter₁, noun highlighting₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• highlight(v = verb.body) Array - apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent; "highlight the area above your eyebrows"
is one way to make up
Derived form noun highlighter₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

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THESAURUS

highlight

accent, accentuate, affect, arc lighting, argue, be indicative of, be significant of, be symptomatic of, beacon, belabor, bespeak, betoken, black and white, brandish, breathe, brighten, brighten up, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, characterize, chiaroscuro, connote, contrast, dangle, decorative lighting, demonstrate, denominate, denote, develop, differentiate, direct lighting, disclose, display, divulge, dramatize, dwell on, electric lighting, emanation, embody, emphasize, enact, enlighten, enlightenment, entail, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose to view, express, feature, festoon lighting, flaunt, flood with light, floodlight, floodlighting, flourish, fluorescent lighting, gaslighting, give emphasis to, give evidence, give sign, give token, glow lighting, harp on, high spot, highlights, hint, identify, illume, illuminate, illumination, illumine, incandescent lighting, incarnate, indicate, indirect lighting, involve, irradiance, irradiancy, irradiate, irradiation, italicize, light, light and shade, light source, light up, lighten, lighting, luminate, luminous energy, make clear, make plain, manifest, mark, materialize, mean, note, outstanding feature, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overhead lighting, overshine, overstress, parade, perform, photosensitivity, place emphasis on, point up, present, produce, punctuate, radiance, radiancy, radiant energy, radiation, relume, relumine, represent, reveal, roll out, rub in, set forth, shed light upon, shine upon, show, show forth, sidelight, signify, spot lighting, spotlight, stage lighting, stand for, star, stress, strip lighting, suggest, symptomatize, symptomize, testify, throw light upon, token, tonality, trot out, underline, underscore, unfold, visible radiation, wave

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