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Dictionary definition · highlight

noun

  1. the most interesting or memorable part"the highlight of the tour was our visit to the Vatican"
  2. an area of lightness in a picture

verb

  1. move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent"The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
  2. apply a highlighter to one's cheeks or eyebrows in order to make them more prominent"highlight the area above your eyebrows"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).