highlight
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- hilite (informal)
Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]highlight (plural highlights)
- (painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
- Antonym: lowlight
- 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, published 1985, page 114:
- The image blurred into the highlight, like something familiar seen beneath disturbed though clear water; he looked at the familiar image with a kind of quiet horror and despair, at a face suddenly older in sin than he would ever be, a face more blurred than sweet, at eyes more secret than soft.
- (figurative) An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.
- Meeting my future wife was the highlight of my trip to Spain.
- We'll be broadcasting the news highlights every half an hour.
- (cosmetics) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
- Hyponym: lowlight
Translations
[edit]strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph
especially significant or interesting detail or event
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hair dyed a different color
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Verb
[edit]highlight (third-person singular simple present highlights, present participle highlighting, simple past and past participle highlighted or (nonstandard) highlit)
- (transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
- 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in the Guardian[1]:
- The Guardian has spoken to dozens of Europeans who have left, or are planning to leave. Their stories highlight surprising new migration routes – from Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth, Barcelona to Buenos Aires – as well as more traditional migration patterns.
- (transitive) To be a highlight of.
- (transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
- (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
- (transitive, Internet) To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.
- 2006, Frans Pop, “Re: Bug#378404: installation guide: one more additional proposal”, in linux.debian.maint.boot (Usenet):
- You could have asked: is there a reason this easy patch was not applied, either on IRC or private mail by me. You did write a comment on IRC and I did see it. Problem is that you did not highlight me _and_ you did not wait for an answer.
- 2013, Jens Rehsack, “Re: AnyData open API”, in perl.dbi.dev (Usenet):
- You must be somewhere completely different. I’ve looked for several days and don’t see you. But: I’m kind of blind from time to time - please feel free to highlight me ([Sno]) or probably (H. Merijn Brand) Tux or vanHoesel (Theo van Hoesel).
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]to make prominent — see also emphasize
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to be a highlight of
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to mark with a fluorescent marker
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to dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest
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Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English highlight
Noun
[edit]highlight m (plural highlights)
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