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highlight
Verb
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If you highlight something, you make it more noticeable or obvious.
I usually use a pen to highlight the important section in my textbook.
Let me just highlight this point since many people misunderstand it.
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If you highlight your hair, you make some parts a lighter colour.
highlight
Noun
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A highlight is a particularly good part.
The chicken was the highlight of the dinner, just amazing.
I didn't see the game, but I watched the highlights on the news.
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A highlight is a light-coloured area.
The shirt was blue with yellow highlights.
bar
Noun
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A bar is a place that sells alcoholic drinks.
I'm going to drink beer at the bar.
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A bar is the counter or bench in a hotel or bar where drinks are sold.
The waitress stood behind the bar and poured our drinks.
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A bar is a box-shaped piece of something.
You can buy a bar of soap, or a bar of gold.
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A bar is a long, hard thing that looks like a stick.
The prisoner was kept behind bars in the jail.
bar
Verb
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To bar is to stop someone from doing something; to prohibit.
I was barred from entering the club.
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To bar is to lock a door or window, or to block it so others can not enter.
I barred the door to stop her leaving the room.
bar
Preposition
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except; not including
He's the fastest runner in the world bar none.