"unhighlight" meaning in English

See unhighlight in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: unhighlights [present, singular, third-person], unhighlighting [participle, present], unhighlighted [participle, past], unhighlighted [past]
Etymology: un- + highlight Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|un|highlight}} un- + highlight Head templates: {{en-verb}} unhighlight (third-person singular simple present unhighlights, present participle unhighlighting, simple past and past participle unhighlighted)
  1. (transitive, computing) To remove a selection highlight from. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: dehighlight, deselect

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for unhighlight meaning in English (1.6kB)

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