Synonyms for highlight

Grammar : Noun

Spell : hahy-lahyt

Phonetic Transcription : ˈhaɪˌlaɪt

Définition of highlight

Origin : 1650s, originally of paintings, "the brightest part of a subject," from high (adj.) + light (n.). The figurative sense of "outstanding feature or characteristic" is from 1855. The verb is from 1861. Hairdressing sense is 1941 (n.), 1942 (v.). Related: Highlighted; highlighting.

noun memorable part

Example sentences :

The newsroom posted this cartoon each Sunday and It was the highlight of the day.
Extract from : « The Biography of a Rabbit » by Roy Benson

They were matters which the Chief Inspector did not highlight; evidently he did not regard them as of major importance.
Extract from : « Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster » by Sir Owen Woodhouse, R. B. Cooke, Ivor L. M. Richardson, Duncan Wallace McMullin, and Sir Edward Somers

There has been a highlight added along the bottom of the gun just forward of the trigger guard and just below Oswald's left hand.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

There is a highlight along the top of the rifle between Oswald's left hand and the point where the rifle passes his left shoulder.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

On Shaneyfelt Exhibit No. 1, the highlight does not denote the top of the weapon.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

There is detail present that shows other areas of the gun, the breech, above the highlight.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

Yes; I mentioned that the highlight along the top from the butt to the bolt is generally similar in that it is in a straight line.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

In fact, this area was probably not retouched, or this highlight was probably not retouched, for the Life magazine reproduction.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (7 of 26): Hearings Vol. VII (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

In the plushy black somberness of her eyes a highlight glinted suddenly.
Extract from : « Rainy Week » by Eleanor Hallowell Abbott

She opened the door on a kitchen, the highlight of which was a table heaped with dishes of dumplings and salt pork.
Extract from : « Free Air » by Sinclair Lewis

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