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highlit

highlit is the simple past and past participle of highlight.

Meaning of highlight

Verb

highlight (third-person singular simple present highlights, present participle highlighting, simple past and past participle highlighted or (nonstandard) highlit)

  1. (transitive) To make prominent; emphasize.
    • The Guardian has spoken to dozens of Europeans who have left, or are planning to leave. Their stories highlight surprising new migration routes – from Lisbon to Luanda, Dublin to Perth, Barcelona to Buenos Aires – as well as more traditional migration patterns.2011 December 21, Helen Pidd, “Europeans migrate south as continent drifts deeper into crisis”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    relieve
  2. (transitive) To be a highlight of.
  3. (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.
  4. (transitive) To dye (part of the hair) a different color than the rest.
  5. (Internet, transitive) 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.
    • You could have asked: is there a reason this easy patch was not applied, either on IRC or private mail by me. You did write a comment on IRC and I did see it. Problem is that you did not highlight me _and_ you did not wait for an answer.2006, Frans Pop, “Re: Bug#378404: installation guide: one more additional proposal”, in linux.debian.maint.boot (Usenet)

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Questions about highlit

What is highlit the simple past and past participle of?
Highlit is the simple past and past participle of highlight.

Words near highlit in the dictionary

  1. highline
  2. highliner
  3. highliners
  4. highlines
  5. highlining
  6. highlit
  7. highlite
  8. highlited
  9. highliter
  10. highlites
  11. highliting

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Adapted from Wiktionary: highlit (page history and authors); highlight (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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