highlight

highlight
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noun
ADJECTIVE
▪ absolute, definite, main, major, real, undisputed (esp. BrE), undoubted (esp. BrE)
▪

The real highlight of the trip for me was the visit to the Tower of London.

▪ notable (esp. BrE)
▪ obvious
▪ personal
▪ comic, football, musical, sporting (BrE), sports (AmE)
▪ career
▪ edited highlights (BrE), recorded highlights (BrE), video highlights
▪

Recorded highlights of the game will be shown later tonight.

▪

streamed video highlights from today's news

PHRASES
▪ the highlight of the day, week, year, etc.
▪

The highlight of the week was Saturday's fireworks.

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verb
ADVERB
▪ clearly
▪

These figures clearly highlight the difference in world living standards.

▪ dramatically, graphically, starkly
▪

The needs of these children were dramatically highlighted by the Action Group.

▪ merely, only, simply
▪

The talks merely highlighted the great gulf between the two sides.

▪ particularly, specifically
▪ rightly
▪ repeatedly
▪ recently
VERB + HIGHLIGHT
▪ serve to
▪

The incident has sadly only served to highlight the differences within the party.

Highlight is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑article, ↑example, ↑exhibit, ↑report, ↑result, ↑study, ↑survey
Highlight is used with these nouns as the object: ↑aspect, ↑benefit, ↑case, ↑complexity, ↑contrast, ↑danger, ↑difference, ↑extent, ↑fact, ↑failing, ↑flaw, ↑gap, ↑impact, ↑importance, ↑inadequacy, ↑inconsistency, ↑issue, ↑limitation, ↑link, ↑necessity, ↑need, ↑peril, ↑plight, ↑point, ↑problem, ↑role, ↑shortcoming, ↑similarity, ↑text, ↑vulnerability, ↑weakness

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