floodlight
Americannoun
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an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
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a lamp or projector that produces such a light.
verb (used with object)
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floodlights,
present (3rd person singular)
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floodlit,
past participle, past
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floodlighted,
past participle, past
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floodlighting
present participle
noun
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a broad intense beam of artificial light, esp as used in the theatre or to illuminate the exterior of buildings
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the lamp or source producing such light
verb
Other Word Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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floodlightsimple
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floodlightssimple
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have floodlightedperfect
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have floodlitperfect
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has floodlightedperfect
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has floodlitperfect
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am floodlightingprogressive
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are floodlightingprogressive
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is floodlightingprogressive
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have been floodlightingperfect progressive
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has been floodlightingperfect progressive
Past
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floodlightedsimple
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floodlitsimple
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had floodlightedperfect
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had floodlitperfect
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was floodlightingprogressive
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were floodlightingprogressive
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had been floodlightingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of floodlight
Example Sentences
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Janke, the special agent in charge of the FBI’s Phoenix division, said that there were details about an Apple Watch and a floodlight, but declined to go into specifics.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
The task has been compared to photographing a thin cloud of cigarette smoke beside a blinding stadium floodlight from several kilometers away.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 6, 2025
Albert Xhediku, 34, received the fatal shock from a floodlight when he went to retrieve a football at the Mountbatten centre in Portsmouth.
From BBC ● Nov. 18, 2025
“As part of these efforts, the earlier kickoff time will enable the club to discern whether significant savings can be made on floodlight usage and other energy costs.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 23, 2022
They had rigged a floodlight, which made the wet rocks glisten brilliantly.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
The birds, in turn, are accustomed to floodlights for the "penguin parade" tourist attraction, as well as being periodically handled by veterinarian scientists for monitoring of their health.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
That night floodlights illuminated Buckingham Palace and the Houses of Parliament for the first time since 1939.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 7, 2026
Eventually, two diggers were deployed on Thursday to dredge a channel for the whale to swim into deeper water, and rescue teams worked late into the day under floodlights to save it.
From BBC ● Mar. 27, 2026
Jarrell-Searcy would go to a public gym before 5am, work a 12-hour ambulance shift transporting non-emergency patients to hospital, before travelling to training at night under shonky floodlights.
From BBC ● Mar. 26, 2026
The toilets and floodlights and all other equipment would have had to be borrowed or requisitioned.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
The television pictures of the White House and Capitol floodlighted at night are enough to stir even the most jaded American.
From Time Magazine Archive
The thin-lipped, haughty Prussian aristocrat stalked into the floodlighted room, slapped his marshal's baton down on the table and stared straight ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have swimming pools hooded against the noonday sun and athletic fields floodlighted for night play.
From Time Magazine Archive
On a stage set at the base of the floodlighted Washington Monument, Franklin Delano Roosevelt last week addressed 65,000 listeners massed on the slick green lawns of Washington's Sylvan Theatre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Really, it's nothing but damp, warm air, blown up from the exhaust of the city's main ventilation plant, condensing and freezing as it hits the cold air outside, and floodlighted from below.
From Four-Day Planet by H. Beam Piper
A month later, she jetted to the Super Bowl from a concert in Tokyo, and scored another floodlit kiss when the Chiefs won.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
But in a competition littered with crashes, Choi produced a stunning performance under intense pressure as the snow swirled down on the floodlit venue.
From Barron's ● Feb. 12, 2026
Beijing 2022 bronze medallist Murase, 21, led the 12-strong field after the first run at the floodlit Livigno Snow Park, with a score of 89.75.
From Barron's ● Feb. 9, 2026
They inched England into the lead, beyond the first interval and through to the floodlit period.
From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2025
Some of the white players on the squad started inviting me to their homes during the week, where they had floodlit courts.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
He added that the government had pledged £40m to improve prison security, including enhanced CCTV, new windows and floodlighting.
From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2025
Measures range from tweaking office temperature levels and reducing night-time floodlighting of public buildings to telling people to take shorter and colder showers, or forego neckties to stay cooler.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022
British Home Secretary Theresa May and French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve visited the tunnel Thursday and announced plans for a “substantial” increase in security guards, higher fences, surveillance cameras, floodlighting and infrared detection technology.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 20, 2015
But Mr. Dingman’s own style stands out: he uses it not just for melody and percussion but also for sound, in long, smoky chords beaming out like floodlighting.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2011
Finishing touches installation stained glass windows drum octagon removal scaffolding exterior interior edifice interior calcimining dome drum octagon tuckpointing cleaning floodlighting entire structure completed synchronizing closing weeks glorious twelvemonth annals Holy Faith.
From Dawn of a New Day by Shoghi Effendi
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