highlighting

1. 1
   noununcountable

   The marking of words or sentences with bright color so they stand out on a page.

   Like painting a bright stripe over the words you want to remember.

   The highlighting in her textbook made the key terms easy to find.

   He uses color-coded highlighting to keep his study notes organized.

   Similarmarking, emphasis

2. 2
   verb

   Present participle of highlight. Use this form when the action is happening now.

   She is highlighting the important dates on the calendar.

   The teacher kept highlighting the spelling mistakes in red.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Bringing attention to something or making it stand out clearly.

   Like a spotlight that makes one part of a stage easy to notice.

   She made some highlighting remarks that drew everyone's attention to the problem.

   The film took a highlighting approach, showing the hidden costs clearly.

   Similarrevealing, illuminating, incisive, probing

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4. 4
   noununcountable

   A part of the hair or skin given lighter, brighter streaks or tones.

   Like adding bright streaks of paint to make some parts shine more.

   The salon added blonde highlighting to her dark brown hair.

   Subtle highlighting along her cheekbones gave her face a soft glow.

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