A marker being used to highlight a word.
- The definition of a highlight is a part where the light is the brightest or an important moment or event.
- An example of a highlight is the brightest part of a photograph.
- An example of a highlight is the part of Christmas Day which was most enjoyed by all members of the family.
- Highlight is defined as to emphasize something.
- An example of to highlight is to mention a specific positive during a work meeting.
- An example of to highlight is to use a yellow marker to mark off specific lines in the script of a play.
- a part on which light is brightest: the highlights on the cheeks
- a part of a painting, photograph, etc. on which light is represented as brightest
- the representation or effect of such light in a painting, photograph, etc.also high light
- the most important, interesting, or outstanding part, scene, etc.
- to give a highlight or highlights to
- to give prominence to; emphasize
- to mark with a highlighter
- to be the most outstanding in
- to designate visually (an icon, a portion of text, etc. on a computer screen) as being selected for some operation
- An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
- An especially significant or interesting detail or event.
- highlights Strands of hair that have been lightened, as by bleaching or coloring.
transitive verbhigh·light·ed, high·light·ing, high·lights
- To give a highlight to (the subject of a painting, for example).
- a. To make prominent; emphasize: The article highlighted the painstaking work of the detectives.b. To be a highlight of: The duet highlighted the concert.
- To mark (important passages of text) with a usually fluorescent marker as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
- To lighten (strands of hair), as by bleaching or coloring.
(third-person singular simple present highlights, present participle highlighting, simple past and past participle highlighted)