highlighter

high·light·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hahy-lahy-ter]
- /ˈhaɪˌlaɪ tər/
- /ˈhaɪˌlaɪ.tər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hahy-lahy-ter]
- /ˈhaɪˌlaɪ tər/

Definitions of highlighter word

noun highlighter a cosmetic used to emphasize some part of the face, as the eyes or the cheekbones. 1
noun highlighter a felt-tip pen with a wide nib for highlighting passages of printed material in a soft, transparent color. 1
noun highlighter A broad felt-tipped pen used to overlay transparent fluorescent color on text or a part of an illustration, leaving it legible and emphasized. 1
noun highlighter fluorescent marker pen 1
variable noun highlighter Highlighter is a pale-coloured cosmetic that someone puts above their eyes or on their cheeks to emphasize the shape of their face. 0
countable noun highlighter A highlighter is a pen with brightly-coloured ink that is used to mark parts of a document. 0

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Origin of highlighter

First appearance:

before 1965

One of the 2% newest English words

First recorded in 1965-70; highlight + -er1

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Parts of speech for Highlighter

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Highlighter

highlighter popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 51% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

highlighter usage trend in Literature

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