highlight
/ˈhʌɪlʌɪt/
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American sound/ˈhʌɪlʌɪt/
highlight
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- Short i vowel
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hig - hlight -> highlight
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ စိတ်ဝင်စားဖွယ်အကောင်းဆုံး။ The highlight of our tour was seeing the palace. ❍ The highlights of the match will be shown at 10.25 tonight.
၂။ (usu pl ) ပန်းချီ (သို့) ဓာတ်ပုံတွင် အလင်းရောင်ကဲ သော နေရာ။
၃။ (usu pl ) ဆံပင်တွင် ဆေးဖြင့်တောက်ပအောင် ဆိုးထားသောနေရာ။ have blonde highlights put in one's hair.
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၁။ မီးမောင်းထိုးသည်။ အသားပေးသည်။ a TV programme highlighting the problems of the unemployed ❍ His comments do serve to highlight a major point in this discussion.
၂။ ရောင်စုံမင် သားသည်။ You don't need to read the whole report, just the bits I've highlighted.
❏ highlighter n ရောင်စုံမင်တံ။ ရောင်စုံတံ။
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- The case highlights the need for adequate controls on such experiments.
- [highlight a problem/danger/difficulty] : The incident has served to highlight the problems of urban deprivation.
- [highlight someone’s plight] : A campaign aimed at highlighting the plight of Rio’s street children
- Using contrasting colours will highlight the shape and dimensions of your room.
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