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[hahy-lahyt] 
verb, -light⋅ed, -light⋅ing, noun –verb (used with object)
| 1. | to emphasize or make prominent. |
| 2. | to create highlights in (a photograph or engraving). |
–noun
| 3. | 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. |
| 4. | the area of most intense light on a represented form, as in a painting or photograph. |
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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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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.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Language Translation for : highlight
Spanish:
punto culminante, guinda,
German:
der Höhepunkt,
Japanese:
ハイライト
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