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highlighthighlight1 /ˈhaɪlaɪt/ ●●○ AWL verb [transitive] VERB TABLEhighlight |
| Present | I, you, we, they | highlight | | he, she, it | highlights | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | highlighted | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have highlighted | | he, she, it | has highlighted | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had highlighted | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will highlight | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have highlighted |
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| Present | I | am highlighting | | he, she, it | is highlighting | | you, we, they | are highlighting | | Past | I, he, she, it | was highlighting | | you, we, they | were highlighting | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been highlighting | | he, she, it | has been highlighting | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been highlighting | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be highlighting | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been highlighting |
THESAURUSto say or show that you think something is especially important► emphasizeto say or show that you think something is especially important: My parents emphasized the importance of education. The report emphasized the need for stricter safety standards. ► stress stress means the same as emphasize but is slightly more informal: Mother always stressed the importance of good manners. ► highlight to emphasize something such as a problem or a fact so that people will pay special attention to it: Your résumé should highlight your skills and experience. ► underline/underscore if a fact or event underlines or underscores that something is true, it emphasizes that it is true or exists: The recent attack in the park underlines the need for more police. ► accentuate to emphasize something, especially the differences between two things or situations: The recent economic crisis has accentuated the gap between the rich and the poor. ► exaggerate to emphasize something too much so that something seems more important, better, larger, etc. than it really is: News reports exaggerated the severity of the disaster. ► overemphasize to emphasize something too much: I think the possible risks have been overemphasized. 1to make something easy to notice so that people pay attention to it: Your résumé should highlight your skills and achievements.► see thesaurus at emphasize2to mark written words with a special colored pen or in a different color on a computer so that you can see them easily: Highlight the text by pressing Alt-F4.3to make some parts of your hair a lighter color than the rest—highlighting noun [uncountable] |