highlight

«highlight» in Mova's school dictionary: the best or most exciting part of something — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

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

meaning for a pupil

1) A highlight is the best or most exciting part of something. tree →

2) To highlight means to mark words with a bright colour pen so they stand out. tree →

3) To highlight means to point out or draw attention to something important. tree →

4) Highlights are lighter streaks in hair or bright parts of a picture. tree →

5) Highlights are short clips of the best moments of a match or event. tree →

sense 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 →
• Highlight the key words in yellow. tree →
• We watched the match highlights on TV. tree →
• The report highlights the need for more trees. tree →
• She had blonde highlights in her hair. tree →
• Add white highlights to make the apple shine. tree →
• Use a highlighter pen to mark the verbs. tree →
• Meeting the author was the highlight of my week. tree →
• =Equals signs= are used to highlight changes made in the following passages. tree →

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.

In the corpora

• You never write, draw or highlight in a library book, because it belongs to everyone.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «highlight» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.