HIGHLIGHTING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)

-ing form of the verb highlight