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# 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 →](https://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/#m5)

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

### In the corpora

- [You never write, draw or highlight in a library book, because it belongs to everyone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/259-library-and-books/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «highlight» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/highlight/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.