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HIGHLIGHTING

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

An area of lightness in a picture

Synonyms:

highlight; highlighting

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("highlighting" is a kind of...):

light; lightness (the visual effect of illumination on objects or scenes as created in pictures)

Derivation:

highlight (move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

-ing form of the verb highlight

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