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# highlighter

noun (highlighter, highlighters)

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

## Everyday

1. A pen with bright see-through ink, used to mark important words in a text. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlighter/#m1)
2. A make-up product that makes parts of the face look brighter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlighter/#m2)

### In the lessons

In school, pupils use highlighters to mark key words, facts and answers when reading. It helps with study and revision. Phrases: yellow highlighter, highlighter pen, use a highlighter.

### Examples

- Use a yellow highlighter to mark the key words. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlighter/#x1)
- My pencil case has five different highlighters. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlighter/#x2)
- She highlighted the main facts with a pink highlighter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlighter/#x3)
- Don't highlight every line, or nothing stands out. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlighter/#x4)
- The highlighter ran out of ink halfway through the page. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlighter/#x5)
- My big sister puts highlighter on her cheeks. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlighter/#x6)

### Note

Verb: highlight; noun: highlight (the best part, «the highlight of the trip»). Plural: highlighters. Highlighting too much makes it less useful.

## On Mova

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