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verb (used with object)

to emphasize or make prominent.

to create highlights in (a photograph or engraving).

noun

Also, high light. an important, conspicuous, memorable, or enjoyable event, scene, part, or the like: the highlight of his talk; the highlight of the concert series.

the area of most intense light on a represented form, as in a painting or photograph.

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Origin:
1850–55, Americanism; high + light¹

Related forms

high·light·er, noun

Synonyms
1. stress, accent, underline, feature.

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Your goal is to pinpoint behaviors that highlight whether a candidate has the necessary skills for the deanship.

But they highlight the problems that emerging markets face during periods of financial turmoil.

Two new studies highlight the curiosities of nature.

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Your goal is to pinpoint behaviors that highlight whether a candidate has the necessary skills for the deanship.

But they highlight the problems that emerging markets face during periods of financial turmoil.

Two new studies highlight the curiosities of nature.

Charges highlight continued use of toxins in technology.

Cats and failures highlight this list of the memes that have gone mainstream.

Colorado's state flower is one highlight of a spring hike.

Students can take notes and highlight text on the tablet.

Highlight areas that are going to interest each particular employer.

Such deals highlight hidden gems in a portfolio, but allow parent companies to retain control.

The highlight is a parade of crazy and creative costumes-and hearses, of course.

Courchamp and his colleagues set out to highlight certain examples where this scenario could take place.

Photos, trophies and other memorabilia that highlight the careers of these famous race horses.

At night, well-placed light fixtures highlight waterfalls and planting beds.

That's the brain-twisting name of a new book dedicated to showcasing websites that highlight the creative arts.

Committee members also plan to highlight problems they see with endowment.

These developments highlight a revolution in psychiatry, the last bastion of symptom-based medicine.

Highlight the importance of protecting the biodiversity of this extraordinary place.

The results highlight the need for careful drug-use monitoring programs in current and future attempts to curtail the disease.

But the highlight of the national monument is the lava tubes.

Modest gardens can seem bigger if you eliminate clutter, limit materials, and highlight the details.

The problem with these efforts is that they often highlight obscure genes that haven't been studied.

When you write your letter, long or short, use it to highlight the important things about you.

People are also increasingly willing to highlight corporate practices in the media if they do not think they are appropriate.

The aim is to highlight local projects that have potential to expand to regional or global scale.

Two recent studies highlight a debate within the world of marine fisheries science over how to interpret available fisheries data.

New smart phone apps highlight the importance of good sleep.

Highlight the delicate flavor of white peaches with vanilla bean, wine, and crème fraîche.

The images above and below highlight different aspects of the pectines of various scorpion species.

Hover over the dots on the map below to highlight the destinations of that program's graduates.

But the kidnappings highlight a longer-term problem: having a failed state as a neighbour.

Try different lighting, as well, using front lighting for deeper color saturation and side lighting to highlight texture.

Of course, the studies often highlight the exact way that sells best, which is interesting.

Another trip highlight was to see feeding frenzies involving fish, birds and whales.

Jewel-tone vases highlight these fragrant, sumptuous roses.

The highlight is a private guided tour of the lost city.

These tantalizing results highlight the importance of genetic interactions with the environment in the development of asthma.

Fresh tomatoes at their peak are the highlight of this colorful salad.

The highlight of reporting this story was seeing the variety of bowers that the different species of bowerbirds build.

The spacecraft's travails highlight the difficulty of working remotely in the inhospitable environment of deep space.

Fava beans are a culinary highlight of spring, but double-shelling them takes time.

Another highlight of the expedition was the discovery of a population of the golden-mantled tree kangaroo.

We stopped there for a night during a roadtrip up the coast and it was a highlight.

The inviting lobby is contemporary but subdued, to highlight the expansive mountain views.

Deli counter, homemade pastries, and wide selection of coffees and teas highlight this eclectically furnished locals' favorite.

The log that creates the waterfall is clad in thin copper sheeting, pressed and glued to highlight underlying bark patterns.

Two recent studies highlight a debate within the world of.

RiffTrax celebrates its five-year anniversary with a five-minute highlight reel of their best movie-mocking moments.

Bloomberg and others have sought to highlight amid the debate over a planned.

These films highlight inspiring and engaging ideas that enable us to.

Colorful gerbera daisies highlight the rich coloration of a spicebush swallowtail butterfly.

To highlight the artistic effort neuroscientists pour into.

The humor and use of specimens to highlight fossil mysteries make this dinosaur museum an essential stop.

They're relying on site builders to highlight such links by using special markup.

Two conferences highlight the relationships between the drug industry and the medical community.

Give specific examples that highlight how he taught you one-on-one.

These highlight the salient features while reining in computing power.

Temporary exhibitions highlight various aspects of the collections and include works from around the world.

The highlight of this portion of the house is the spiritual room, formerly the missile control room.

The cable highlight shows spend entire segments making fun of his last name.

She should also have bullet points under relevant positions that highlight where and how she's used the skills.

Highlight the key supply chain stages by writing them on the board as students say them.

Steal these ideas to highlight colorful groupings of objects in your home.

The comments below highlight the gigantic statistical failures in comparing college athletics to professional sports.

To highlight his openness to the media he picked questions without the aid of his press secretary.

Download a new desktop background from a series of photos that utilize vivid color to highlight the power of.

The outer layer is shown in red to highlight the differences between the inner and outer faces.

His work was generally recognized as a highlight of the game.

With a pen stylus, students are able to highlight text and make annotations as they read.

Attempts to sample and understand the city's cuisine were a definite highlight of the.

Their task will be to highlight their submarine's strengths relative to the weaknesses of the other two.

If these few things can be done to reverse the bird evolutionary changes, it will highlight the basic sense of evolution.

And rather than a string of casual party games, my aim is to highlight any game.

Bowl committees got their start decades ago as festivals intended to highlight football and local communities.

These melancholy rosters highlight the gap between the grand claims of developers and the cold reality of market arithmetic.

Use a road map to highlight the best driving route.

Many of the comments above highlight various examples with links.

Highlight their sculptural shapes and subtle colors by propping them in tiny pots or by mounting them with wire onto hanging.

Other new tweaks let you change text and paper colors, as well as text highlight colors.

For example, circle or highlight relevant areas, and return the marked-up rubric along with the paper.

Submissions should highlight specific and immediate needs where an individual can make a big difference in the coming year.

The efforts highlight the quest to find low-cost alternatives to safely detect underground explosives.

Colored substances can be injected into blood vessels to highlight them at this stage.

The highlight of this research was really to be able to dive on the reef and witness the beauty of.

Very useful article in that you have now begun to highlight behavioural factors in property prices.

They should highlight specific issues that affect the estuary they have chosen to study.

One highlight is a simulation of the interior of the sun, showing its convection and churning magnetic field.

The whole experience was thrilling and a highlight of my own art career.

The cases highlight rising tension between guardians of privacy and internet firms.

Articles and photos in this online magazine highlight vanishing cultures all over the world.

HealthMap uses a color-coded reference system overlaid on a world map to highlight where disease news is being generated.

The government took pains to highlight ways in which it will continue to make higher education accessible.

But while a focus on reading tends to highlight the relative under-performance of boys, they do not lag behind in every respect.

Colleges could do more to highlight the stories of their successful adult students.

The research you highlight is interesting and important.

Ed's intention is to highlight the hidden beauty of cellular structure to those with no experience of science.

There will always be news stories about colleges and universities that highlight their challenges.

Each month, highlight important exploration-related dates on the calendar.

Highlight your written and verbal communication skills.

The aim is to highlight the perils of plastic and promote recycling.

Outerwear: a non-bulky scarf makes a good highlight.

The shapes are meant to highlight a part of deceased's life.

It's much healthier and more useful to highlight the talents you bring to a job.

Whether you see these techies as visionaries or paranoids, they highlight the extent to which networks now shape nations.

My univ's new one is to highlight its initials found in various words.

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World English Dictionary

highlight (ˈhaɪˌlaɪt)

—n
1.	an area of the lightest tone in a painting, drawing, photograph, etc
2.	the most exciting or memorable part of an event or period of time
3.	(often plural) a bleached blond streak in the hair

—vb
4.	painting, drawing, photog to mark (any brightly illuminated or prominent part of a form or figure) with light tone
5.	to bring notice or emphasis to
6.	to be the highlight of
7.	to produce blond streaks in (the hair) by bleaching

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Word Origin & History

highlight

1658, originally of paintings, "the brightest part of a subject;" fig. sense of "outstanding feature or characteristic" is from 1855; the verb is from 1934.

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"There is nothing more poetic and terrible than the skyscrapers' battle with the heavens that cover them. Snow, rain, and mist highlight, drench, or conceal the vast towers, but those towers, hostile to mystery and blind to any sort of play, shear off the rain's tresses and shine their three thousand swords through the soft swan of the fog."

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