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# highlight

noun (a highlight, highlights); verb (highlight, highlights, highlighted, highlighting)

«highlight» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A highlight is the best or most exciting part of something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#m1)
2. To highlight means to mark words with a bright colour pen so they stand out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#m2)
3. To highlight means to point out or draw attention to something important. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#m3)
4. Highlights are lighter streaks in hair or bright parts of a picture. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#m4)
5. Highlights are short clips of the best moments of a match or event. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#m5)

### In the lessons

In school you highlight key words in a text or important facts when revising, and teachers highlight mistakes. In everyday life the highlight of a trip is the best bit; TV shows match highlights. In art, highlights show where light hits an object. Phrases: «the highlight of», «highlighter pen», «match highlights», «highlight key words».

### Examples

- The highlight of the trip was seeing the whales. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#x1)
- Highlight the key words in yellow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#x2)
- We watched the match highlights on TV. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#x3)
- The report highlights the need for more trees. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#x4)
- She had blonde highlights in her hair. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#x5)
- Add white highlights to make the apple shine. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#x6)
- Use a highlighter pen to mark the verbs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#x7)
- Meeting the author was the highlight of my week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#x8)
- =Equals signs= are used to highlight changes made in the following passages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#x9)

### Note

Regular verb: highlighted. One word: high + light; the gh is silent. A «highlighter» is the bright pen. Tip: highlighting too much is not useful — only mark the most important parts.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «highlight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«highlight» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/highlight.html) on Mova free.