highlight

Highlight is part of the Academic Word List. It is important for students in college and university.

Pronunciation

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Verb

Plain form highlight

Third-person singular highlights

Past tense highlighted

Past participle highlighted

Present participle highlighting

1. (transitive) If you highlight something, you make it more noticeable or obvious.

   I usually use a pen to highlight the important section in my textbook.

   Let me just highlight this point since many people misunderstand it.

2. (transitive) If you highlight your hair, you make some parts a lighter colour.

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  a map with one area highlighted in blue

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  some text with one line highlighted in yellow

Synonyms

• emphasise/emphasize
• stress
• reinforce

Noun

Singular highlight

Plural highlights

1. (countable) A highlight is a particularly good part.

   The chicken was the highlight of the dinner, just amazing.

   I didn't see the game, but I watched the highlights on the news.

2. (countable) A highlight is a light-coloured area.

   The shirt was blue with yellow highlights.