Meaning

3 senses
  1. A marker pen used to highlight text.

    Textmarker, Marker, Markierstift

    хайла́йтерxajlájtɛr, флома́стерflomáster, ма́ркерmárker

    a fluorescent marker used to mark important passages in a text

  2. A cosmetic product that reflects light, used to emphasize the contours of the face etc.

    маркерmarker

    a cosmetic used to highlight the eyes or cheekbones

  3. That which highlights or emphasizes something.

Examples

13 sentences
  1. Tom marked a sentence with a yellow highlighter.

    deTom markierte den Satz mit einem gelben Leuchtstift. — octobaguette

  2. Do you have a highlighter that I could borrow?

  3. I need a highlighter.

  4. Can I borrow a highlighter?

  5. The quote was underlined triply in pink highlighter.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
pen for highlighting:
cosmetic product:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
pen for highlighting:

Origin

From highlight + -er.

From highlight + -er.

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Forms

plural: highlighters
Singularhighlighter
Pluralhighlighters

regular

Word family

1 related words
Relatedhighlight

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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