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highlighting

highlighting

2.8
The act of marking text or code with color and background to show important parts
  • noun
  • /ˈhaɪˌlaɪtɪŋ/
  • Specialized
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  • The highlighting feature in the document editor makes it easy to see important sections.

First, you read the prompts, and maybe highlighting some of the keywords will be beneficial.

Examples

  • She used the highlighting tool to mark the lines of code that needed revision.

  • Highlighting key terms in the textbook helped the students remember the material better.

  • Maybe I need to put highlighting glow stick on.

  • And I'm using the same technique as I did with highlighting this part here.

  • I don't particularly feel like I need highlighting because it's so hot.

  • It's the stand corrected highlighting pen and I love it.

  • Anyway, these are like these little highlighting liquids and they look stunning.

  • Also, if you haven't gotten on the new highlighting brush, it's pretty lit.

  • You can use these as concealers, contouring, highlighting or foundation.

  • These are the Maybelline Master highlights highlighting blushes.

Synonyms

highlighter
vshighlighting
  • Specialized
1 3.6

A tool in an editor that shows code in different colours to help you read it

is used across interfaces to mark selection and important parts not only code
underlining
vshighlighting
  • Specialized
2.7

Drawing a line under words to make them stand out

uses color or background styles rather than a line to show selection or categories

Antonyms

to deselect
  • Specialized
1 3.7

To remove the highlight from selected text or items

How Noticeable

emphasis
296 3.1
callout
1 4.0
highlighting
  • Specialized
2.8
underlining
  • Specialized
2.7
mark
167 2.0

Surface Forms

highlighting singular
highlightings plural

Morphology

highlighting = highlight (transparent) = high + light + ing

Formed from the verb 'highlight' + '-ing'; the computing sense (marking to make text stand out) is a direct application of the verb's meaning.

Etymology

The word highlighting comes from highlight, made of high and light, and originally means 'to put special light on' something. In computers and documents, highlighting is like using a bright pen to mark words so they stand out and are easy to find.