Usually means: Emphasized to attract attention, focus.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. highlighted: Merriam-Webster
  2. highlighted: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. highlighted: Collins English Dictionary
  4. highlighted: Vocabulary.com
  5. Highlighted, highlighted: Wordnik
  6. highlighted: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. highlighted: Wiktionary
  8. highlighted: Dictionary.com
  9. highlighted: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Highlighted: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. highlighted: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. highlighted: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. highlighted: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. highlighted: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (highlight)

noun:  (painting, photography) An area or a spot in a drawing, painting, or photograph that is strongly illuminated.
noun:  (figurative) An especially significant or interesting detail or event or period of time.
noun:  (cosmetics) A strand or spot of hair dyed a different color than the rest.
verb:  (transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
verb:  (transitive) To be a highlight of.
verb:  (transitive) To mark (important passages of text), e.g. with a fluorescent marker pen or in a wordprocessor, as a means of memory retention or for later reference.
verb:  (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
verb:  (transitive, Internet) To seek the attention of (a user) on IRC by mentioning their name in a message, causing that message to appear highlighted on their screen.
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