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spotlight
[spot-lahyt]
noun
a strong, focused light thrown upon a particular spot, as on a small area of a stage or in a television studio, for making some object, person, or group especially conspicuous.
a lamp for producing such a light.
a brilliant light with a focused beam, mounted on the side of an automobile and used for illuminating objects not within range of the headlights.
the area of immediate or conspicuous public attention.
Asia is in the spotlight now.
verb (used with object)
to direct the beam of a spotlight upon; light with a spotlight.
to make conspicuous; call attention to.
Newspapers spotlighted the story for a week.
to hunt (animals) using a spotlight in order to temporarily blind or confuse them.
verb (used without object)
to hunt by using a spotlight.
spotlight
/ ˈspɒtˌlaɪt /
noun
a powerful light focused so as to illuminate a small area, usually mounted so that it can be directed at will
the focus of attention
verb
to direct a spotlight on
to focus attention on
Other Word Forms
- spotlighter noun
- unspotlighted adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of spotlight1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
The clouds in the evening sky must have parted because I see a column of moonlight shine down on her like her own personal spotlight.
Some old and some new, but players with reputations and pedigrees to match, who have helped haul Scotland from the shadows of irrelevance into the spotlight.
That has put two major releases this week well in the spotlight.
Now, Sotheby’s galleries are festooned with more than 1,200 new spotlights that can shine on art depending on how pieces look best.
"And I really love it, I feel appreciated, I feel out of the spotlight which I never had for a few years."
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