highlight

• POS: Noun, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: high=light

CIDE DICTIONARY

highlight, v. t. 

•  To emphasize or call attention to, by moving into the foreground or otherwise making more prominent.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  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.  [PJC]

highlight, n. 

•  The part of an image that has the most intense light.  [PJC]
•  The most memorable or enjoyable part; -- of events or activities; as, the highlight of our trip was the tour of the Vatican.  [PJC]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

highlight, n. & v.
--n.
1 (in a painting etc.) a light area, or one seeming to reflect light.
2 a moment or detail of vivid interest; an outstanding feature.
3 (usu. in pl.) a bright tint in the hair produced by bleaching.
--v.tr.
1 a bring into prominence; draw attention to. b mark with a highlighter.
2 create highlights in (the hair).

THESAURUS

highlight

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