Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / November 13, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Apr. 2013
The word highlight It is a term widely used within our language and that we use to refer to various issues.
Highlight a quality or trait of someone or something
When you want to give a special highlight to a characteristic, trait or quality that someone or something has, we usually express it in terms of standing out.
“Laura stands out for her order and organization. The restaurant corner stands out on cold dishes. ”
Distinction of something or someone by their characteristics
Also, we use the word recurrently as synonymous with various terms that precisely refer to the distinction of something or someone above the rest and as a consequence of the qualities it presents, such is the case of standing out, highlighting, distinguish.
“In terms of table decoration, my sister always stands out, since she is attentive to the smallest detail of the assembly.”
Basically this sense of the word is used when it is necessary to indicate that someone stands out for this or that characteristic.
For example, in the language It is common for us to use this term when we want to express the notoriety that an individual has for something in particular, or an object, as a result of a component that it presents.
“The design of my wedding dress stands out for the stonework it has done on the front.”
Applied in relation to people, this concept is certainly widely used, as it will allow us to indicate that someone stands out for something physical, or for some other issue that has nothing to do with his physical appearance, such as his intelligence, for his goodness, for citing some positive qualities, or in his defect, and on the contrary, for his evil, stubbornness, among others.
Of course, in society those people who stand out for positive reasons are especially valued while people who do it for the opposite, negative, do not enjoy the common appreciation of the people, and therefore are especially criticized.
Meanwhile, with regard to the physical, it is important to mention that generally those issues that are associated with the beautiful, that is, when there are parameters associated with the beauty.
Although beauty is subjective, there are very widespread standards that speak of certain characteristics such as: tall, skinny, light eyes and a symmetrical face, which are associated with the stereotypes of beauty.
So when they are available, they tend to stand out from the average in this sense.
On the other hand, an issue that will highlight a person is his intelligence, and for example it is a quality highly valued in most contexts: labor, social, among others.
The intelligent person is considered capable of effectively solving problems and challenges and for this reason, it stands out from those who cannot.
Separation of a group of soldiers from a main body
On the other hand, the word highlight has a special use in the military field, since it in this context implies the separation of a group of soldiers from a main and central body, with the objective that they deploy a certain mission.
“Two special groups have been highlighted to support the organization that distributes the donations.”
Meanwhile, in this context, the concept that is opposed is that of retract, which allows to express the action of the troops to withdraw from some place to which they had been appropriately assigned.
Action of marking key concepts and ideas in a text to better internalize them
And another use that is given to the word is in the educational field, more precisely when a person studies a text, usually uses a special marker or pencil to highlight the most salient information and content.
Is methodology study is hyper extended because it produces very good results when it comes to fixing the concepts and ideas that are studied.
The action of highlighting a phrase, an idea, with a marker in the text, helps the student when reviewing, since they will read the contents highlighted and thus the concept will be fixed more quickly and effectively.
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