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
It ended with Root in the limelight - should that be floodlight? - once again delivering when his team and his country needed him.
From BBC ● Dec. 4, 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
He dropped to the ground at once and sprang through the dashing sleet toward the sergeant, who had lurched forward to try and catch the falling floodlight.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
One narrative exists that the pink ball moves more under floodlights, though that is not backed up by ball tracking data.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026
After monitoring practice, debriefing his team and entertaining sponsors under the floodlights, he winds down for bed around 3:30 a.m., which is 9:30 p.m. back in central Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
Drawn towards the blazing stadium floodlights, Bogong swarms caused havoc at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney.
From Barron's ● Oct. 2, 2026
He said he used to dream of stars when he was in prison but he rarely got a good view of them because of the light pollution from floodlights at HMP Frankland.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Stadium floodlights borrowed from the football field nearby.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
Wang's last years, in his high-walled, floodlighted Nanking palace, brought him much that he wanted: power, pomp, wealth.
From Time Magazine Archive
Smart, fiftyish, she sat in the floodlighted Stadium the night of its performance, wondered how the Polonaise would sound.
From Time Magazine Archive
Teruel's citizens staged an exuberant torchlight parade through the streets, and captured searchlights floodlighted captured buildings.
From Time Magazine Archive
On winter nights its 105-ft.-tall crown framed the floodlighted White House portico, its graceful branches seeming to cradle the mansion.
From Time Magazine Archive
I regret, nonetheless, that we have not always similarly crystallized and floodlighted the discovery and creative possibilities in our communities.
From Humanistic Nursing by Josephine G. Paterson
"At least in the car park, I knew that there was CCTV, it was floodlit, and they had security, and that was a bonus."
From BBC ● Mar. 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
It was night, and the white faces and the scarlet banners were luridly floodlit.
From "1984" by George Orwell
But more than 25 years later two brothers, William and Hugh MacDonald, paid for floodlighting to be installed for a second time at the Telford Street ground.
From BBC ● Jun. 30, 2023
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
Developers across the country have responded to the drop in prices by abandoning the longstanding practice of floodlighting construction sites and working around the clock.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2012
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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