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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

highlight

· IPA /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/
01 v. t. To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.
  1. 1.
    To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.
  2. 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.
Syn. foreground, spotlight, play up.
02 n. The part of an image that has the most intense light.
  1. 1.
    The part of an image that has the most intense light.
  2. 2.
    The most memorable or enjoyable part; -- of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican.