hilite
English
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -aɪt
Noun
[edit]hilite (plural hilites)
- Informal spelling of highlight.
- The hilite of the show. The hilite of my summer holiday.
Usage notes
[edit]In computing, especially for GUI objects and HTML scripting, the spelling "hilite" is more common due to often being natively used by objects and languages.
Verb
[edit]hilite (third-person singular simple present hilites, present participle hiliting, simple past and past participle hilited)
- Informal spelling of highlight.
- The Board also wish to hilite that the copy of the Sales & Purchase Agreeement is available for inspection.
- You can hilite the text with your mouse, then right-click to copy it.