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Highlight   /hˈaɪlˌaɪt/   Listen
Highlight

verb
1.
Move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent.  Synonyms: foreground, play up, spotlight.
2.
Apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent.
noun
1.
The most interesting or memorable part.  Synonym: high spot.
2.
An area of lightness in a picture.  Synonym: highlighting.



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"Highlight" Quotes from Famous Books



... proposed enlargement of the castle, Somerset raised his eyes and hand towards the walls, the better to point out his meaning; in so doing he saw a face in the square of darkness formed by one of the open windows, the effect being that of a highlight portrait by ...
— A Laodicean • Thomas Hardy
... which was told by Miss Ocky. Her soft, clear voice carried to every ear, and her cool, matter-of-fact tones seemed rather to accentuate the dramatic values of her testimony than otherwise. It was the highlight of the whole picture, more interesting even than the verdict with its orthodox tag ...
— The Monk of Hambleton • Armstrong Livingston


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