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Highlight   /hˈaɪlˌaɪt/   Listen
verb
highlight  v. t.  
1.
To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.
Synonyms: foreground, spotlight, play up.
2.
To make (part of a text or image) more prominent, especially by making it of a lighter hue or of a different color than the remaining part.


noun
highlight  n.  
1.
The part of an image that has the most intense light.
2.
The most memorable or enjoyable part; of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican.





Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48


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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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