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- [hahy-lahyt]
- /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/
- /ˈhaɪ.laɪt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hahy-lahyt]
- /ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/
Definitions of highlighting word
- verb with object highlighting to emphasize or make prominent. 1
- verb with object highlighting to create highlights in (a photograph or engraving). 1
- noun highlighting Also, high light. an important, conspicuous, memorable, or enjoyable event, scene, part, or the like: the highlight of his talk; the highlight of the concert series. 1
- noun highlighting the area of most intense light on a represented form, as in a painting or photograph. 1
- noun highlighting Present participle of highlight. 1
- noun highlighting Emphasis of text. 0
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Origin of highlighting
First appearance:
before 1850 One of the 32% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1850-55; high + light1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Highlighting
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
highlighting popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
highlighting usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for highlighting
adj highlighting
- showing — a theatrical production, performance, or company.
- pushing — that pushes.
- turning — a movement of partial or total rotation: a slight turn of the handle.
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- headlining — a heading in a newspaper for any written material, sometimes for an illustration, to indicate subject matter, set in larger type than that of the copy and containing one or more words and lines and often several banks.
verb highlighting
- stress — importance attached to a thing: to lay stress upon good manners. Synonyms: significance, meaning, emphasis, consequence; weight, value, worth.
- accentuate — To accentuate something means to emphasize it or make it more noticeable.
- underscore — to mark with a line or lines underneath; underline, as for emphasis.
- highlight — to emphasize or make prominent.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
noun highlighting
- accentuation — an act or instance of accentuating.
- reinforcement — the act of reinforcing.
Antonyms for highlighting
verb highlighting
- minimize — to reduce to the smallest possible amount or degree.
- mask — a form of aristocratic entertainment in England in the 16th and 17th centuries, originally consisting of pantomime and dancing but later including dialogue and song, presented in elaborate productions given by amateur and professional actors.
- deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
- mumble — to speak in a low indistinct manner, almost to an unintelligible extent; mutter.
- ignore — to refrain from noticing or recognizing: to ignore insulting remarks.
See also
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