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spotlight
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun spotlight has 2 senses
- spotlight(n = noun.state) glare, limelight, public eye - a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" is a kind of prominence
- spotlight(n = noun.artifact) spot - a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer; Array is a kind of lamp
Derived form verb spotlight1
is a member of theater light
Derived form verb spotlight2
Verb spotlight has 2 senses
- spotlight(v = verb.change) foreground, highlight, play up - move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" is one way to bring out, set off
- spotlight(v = verb.change) Array - illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater; Array is one way to illume, illuminate, illumine, light, light up
Derived form noun spotlight1
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun spotlight2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
spotlight, n.
- The projected spot or circle of light used to illuminate brilliantly a single person or object or group on the stage, leaving the rest of the stage more or less unilluminated. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- hence, conspicuous public notice. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- A lighting apparatus designed to throw an intense beam of light onto a small area. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
spotlight, n. & v.
--n.
1 a beam of light directed on a small area, esp. on a particular part of a theatre stage or of the road in front of a vehicle.
2 a lamp projecting this.
3 full attention or publicity.
--v.tr. (past and past part. -lighted or -lit)
1 direct a spotlight on.
2 make conspicuous, draw attention to.
--n.
1 a beam of light directed on a small area, esp. on a particular part of a theatre stage or of the road in front of a vehicle.
2 a lamp projecting this.
3 full attention or publicity.
--v.tr. (past and past part. -lighted or -lit)
1 direct a spotlight on.
2 make conspicuous, draw attention to.
THESAURUS
spotlight
PR, accent, accentuate, affect, arc, arc light, ballyhoo, beacon, belabor, betoken, blurb, brandish, breathe, bright light, brighten, brighten up, bring forth, bring forward, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, celebrity, color filter, common knowledge, cry, currency, dangle, daylight, demonstrate, develop, dimmer, disclose, display, divulge, dramatize, dwell on, eclat, embody, emphasize, enact, enlighten, evidence, evince, exhibit, expose to view, exposure, express, fame, famousness, feature, flaunt, floats, flood, flood with light, floodlight, flourish, focus of attention, footlights, foots, gelatin, give emphasis to, give sign, give token, glare, harp on, highlight, hoopla, hue and cry, illume, illuminate, illumine, incarnate, indicate, irradiate, italicize, klieg light, light, light plot, light up, lighten, lights, limelight, luminate, make clear, make plain, manifest, marquee, materialize, maximum dissemination, mean, medium, notoriety, overaccentuate, overemphasize, overshine, overstress, parade, perform, place emphasis on, plug, point up, present, press notice, produce, public eye, public knowledge, public relations, public report, publicity, publicity story, publicness, puff, punctuate, reclame, relume, relumine, report, represent, reveal, roll out, rub in, searchlight, set forth, shed light upon, shine upon, show, show forth, spot, star, stress, throw light upon, token, trot out, underline, underscore, unfold, wave, write-up
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