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
“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
Working by floodlight through the night, rescue workers fought to free trapped pilgrims.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2022
Gene Johnson brought a floodlight, and they set it up in the gray corridor.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The clouds and floodlights should have given Pakistan the conditions to get back into the match.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
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
Super Giants then breezed to the target under the floodlights as Seifert and Paul Walter dismantled the Sunrisers attack with some explosive hitting.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 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
A crowd of people had already gathered by a loading dock on the side of the building, under floodlights.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
Last week they were on view in the floodlighted garden of Manhattan's Museum of Modern Art.
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
At dusk 100 bagpipers marched from the hills toward a 13-ft. by 20-ft. replica of a Scottish castle floodlighted and surrounded by artificial fog -- and that was just the dinner announcement.
From Time Magazine Archive
While much of the entertainment is free, tickets are required for such events as the rock concert in Princes Street Gardens, which will have a floodlighted Edinburgh Castle as its backdrop.
From Time Magazine Archive
The rocket dome was floodlighted by the ship.
From Accidental Flight by F. L. (Floyd L.) Wallace
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
Only Mitchell Starc has taken more wickets in floodlit Tests than Cummins.
From BBC ● Dec. 3, 2025
The doors faced out on a barren, floodlit terrace—black cinder, privet in concrete urns, a statue artfully broken in white pieces on the ground.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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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