(transitive) to emphasize, to highlight, to stress, to point out, to single out, to underline, to underscore, to bring out, to note
2014, Carmen Pereira-Muro, Culturas de España §9.p. 267:En música cabe destacar figuras como el compositor Isaac Albéniz, o el cellista Pau Casals, o al nivel de la cultura popular el grupo de la “Nova Cançó” catalana (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.), que reivindicó la canción en catalán en los últimos años de la dictadura.In music, it is worth highlighting people such as the composer Isaac Albéniz, or the cellist Pau Casals, or at the level of popular culture the circle of the Catalan Nova Cançó (Raimon, Joan Manuel Serrat, Lluis Llach, etc.) which reestablished the value of Catalan songs in the later years of the dictatorship.
(military, transitive) to detach troops
(intransitive, reflexive) to stand out, to excel, to shine (to make oneself stand out, to distinguish oneself)
(reflexive) to stand out, to jump out at (+ a) (i.e., to be highly noticeable to)
(reflexive) to be highlighted, emphasized, stressed, underlined, underscored, pointed out
