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Noun
S:
(n)
highlight
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high spot
(the most interesting or memorable part)
"the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"
S:
(n)
highlight
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highlighting
(an area of lightness in a picture)
Verb
S:
(v)
foreground
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highlight
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spotlight
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play up
(move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent)
"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
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antonym
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sentence frame
S:
(v)
highlight
(apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent)
"highlight the area above your eyebrows"