Dictionary

highlight en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/ (US)
• /ˈhaɪlaɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kówkos Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-West Germanic *hauh Old English hēah Middle English heigh English high English light English highlight From high + light.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:painting) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
   • 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. 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Library of America, published 1985, page 114:
2. (figuratively) 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.
3. A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.

Forms

Antonyms

lowlight

Hyponyms

lowlight

Translations (54)

es mecha (hair dyed a different color) · it chiarore (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · ja ハイライト (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · pl balejaż (hair dyed a different color) · ca llum (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · pt luz (hair dyed a different color) · it colpi di sole (hair dyed a different color) · de Höhepunkt (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · ru основно́й моме́нт (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · it chicca (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · hu melír (hair dyed a different color) · eu ile-sorta (hair dyed a different color) · bg основен момент (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · es rizo (hair dyed a different color) · es resalte (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · fr fait saillant (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · fr réhaut (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · ms imej tumpu (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · es resalto (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · sv ljuspunkt (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · ja ハイライト (hair dyed a different color) · fr instant le plus marquant (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · ga gealán (hair dyed a different color) · it evento (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · la fastīgium (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · fi kohokohta (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · fi korostus (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · it piatto forte (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · fr temps fort (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · ru хайлайт (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · ca metxa (hair dyed a different color) · ru све́тлый уча́сток (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · cmn 花絮 (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · it momento saliente (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · ca ble (hair dyed a different color) · es rayito (hair dyed a different color) · de Highlight (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · sv slinga (hair dyed a different color) · ko 하이라이트 (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · el ανταύγεια (hair dyed a different color) · ga gealán (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · fi huippuvalo (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · fr moment le plus marquant (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · pt ponto alto (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · pt madeixa (hair dyed a different color) · fa پررنگ (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · fa روشن (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · es mechita (hair dyed a different color) · sv höjdpunkt (especially significant or interesting detail or event) · it bagliore (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · fr rehaut (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · ko 하이라이트 (hair dyed a different color) · ko 하이라이트 (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph) · ja ハイライト (strongly illuminated area in a drawing, painting, or photograph)

highlight en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (US) audio
• /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/ (US)
• /ˈhaɪlaɪt/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kewk- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *kówkos Proto-Germanic *hauhaz Proto-West Germanic *hauh Old English hēah Middle English heigh English high English light English highlight From high + light.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
   • Former United Nations ambassador and current GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley slammed fellow Republicans former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Monday in a campaign letter highlighting Haley’s first quarter accomplishments. 2023 April 11 [2023 April 10], Sarah Elbeshbishi, “Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley slams Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis in campaign letter”, in USA Today, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 12 Apr 2023:
   • The proposal in connection with taxonymy is that a taxonym must (a) further specify a highlighted feature of the hypernym and (b) must similarly highlight it. From this it will follow that the reason stallion and foal are not good taxonyms of horse, is that they highlight features not highlighted in horse; a similar explanation holds for blonde and woman; likewise, prostitute is not a good taxonym of woman because it highlights profession, but is a good taxonym of sex-worker, because it specifies further and highlights what is highlighted in sex-worker, namely, type of work. 2013, R. Green, C.A. Bean, Sung Hyon Myaeng, The Semantics of Relationships: An Interdisciplinary Perspective, →ISBN, page 15:
   • Farmer highlights the fact that the reasons why causing offence is (or is not) deemed criminalizable are often historically specific, and follows Duff in counselling against attempts to ground criminalization in some 'master principle'[…] 2011, Rowan Cruft, Matthew H. Kramer, Mark R. Reiff, Crime, Punishment, and Responsibility, page 16:
   • 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. 2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in The Guardian:
   • Severe disruptions in the visual cortex was^([sic]) also observed when disrupting cholinergic retinal waves in ephrin double knockout (ephrin-A2/A5) mice, thus highlighting the importance of neural activity and ephrin-As acting together to control retinogeniculate and retinocortical patterning in normal development. 2015 October 10, “Rapid Changes in Cortical and Subcortical Brain Regions after Early Bilateral Enucleation in the Mouse”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
   • In a Commons Written Reply to Shadow Rail Minister Tan Dhesi, regarding any assessment of the impact on open access operators by the decision to move away from franchising […], Heaton-Harris highlighted that non-franchised operators run trains without a contractual relationship with Government. 2020 October 21, “Network News: No special agreements for open access operators”, in Rail, page 20:
2. (transitive) To be a highlight of.
3. (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.
4. (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
5. (Internet, transitive) 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.
   • 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. 2006, Frans Pop, “Re: Bug#378404: installation guide: one more additional proposal”, in linux.debian.maint.boot (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). 2013, Jens Rehsack, “Re: AnyData open API”, in perl.dbi.dev (Usenet):

Forms

Deriveds

highlighter · unhighlight · sunlights · highlightable · dehighlight

Relateds

midlight

Synonyms

relieve

Translations (85)

eu nabarmendu (to make prominent) · es incidir (to make prominent) · hu melíroz (to dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest) · no utheve (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · pt realçar (to make prominent) · ru выделя́ть (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · ru вы́двинуть на пе́рвый план (to make prominent) · ca remarcar (to make prominent) · ru подчёркивать (to make prominent) · cy aroleuo (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · hu kiemel (to make prominent) · bg маркирам (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · sh истицати (to make prominent) · nan 明顯標出 /明显标出 (to be a highlight of) · it mettere in evidenza (to make prominent) · fi korostaa (to make prominent) · pt fazer madeixas (to dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest) · pl zakreślić (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · eo emfazi (to make prominent) · de beleuchten (to make prominent) · ru выдвига́ть на пе́рвый план (to make prominent) · ru вы́делить (to make prominent) · ca emfasitzar (to make prominent) · cmn 強調 /强调 (to make prominent) · es recalcar (to make prominent) · es resaltar (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · ja ハイライト (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · fr surligner (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · ru вы́делить (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · eu markatu (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · it sottolineare (to make prominent) · pl zakreślać (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · de hervorheben (to make prominent) · ca ressaltar (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · sv lyfta fram (to make prominent) · ca marcar (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · oc soslinhar (to make prominent) · da fremhæve (to make prominent) · ru подчеркну́ть (to make prominent) · de markieren (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · es resaltar (to make prominent) · is taka fram (to make prominent) · cmn 突出 (to make prominent) · bg откроявам се (to be a highlight of) · ru выделя́ться (to be a highlight of) · tr altını çizmek (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · pt enfatizar (to make prominent) · it enfatizzare (to make prominent) · mi miramira (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · pt ressaltar (to make prominent) · nl naar voren halen (to make prominent) · ca ressaltar (to make prominent) · nl benadrukken (to make prominent) · hu megjelöl (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · ms serlah (to make prominent) · pt realçar (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · eu azpimarratu (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · fi tähdentää (to make prominent) · eu azpimarratu (to make prominent) · es destacar (to make prominent) · no betone (to make prominent) · es hacer hincapié (to make prominent) · fr mettre en valeur (to make prominent) · it evidenziare (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · fr être la star de (to be a highlight of) · cmn 凸顯 /凸显 (to make prominent) · no utheve (to make prominent) · hu kiemel (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · sh наглашавати (to make prominent) · fi painottaa (to make prominent) · no markere (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · bg изтъквам (to make prominent) · ru выделя́ть (to make prominent) · pt destacar (to make prominent) · ru вы́делиться (to be a highlight of) · ga aird a tharraingt ar (to make prominent) · fr souligner (to make prominent) · es resaltar (to be a highlight of) · es realzar (to make prominent) · cs zvýraznit (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · ca subratllar (to mark with a fluorescent marker) · bg подчертавам (to make prominent) · fi olla jonkun kohokohta (to be a highlight of) · mi miramira (to make prominent) · fi korostaa (to mark with a fluorescent marker)