Spotlight - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer (syn: spot)
verb
- illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater
Extra examples
They aimed the spotlight at the center of the stage.
A spotlight moved across the stage.
The actor stood in the spotlight.
They're always in the spotlight.
The news article turned the spotlight on the city's financial problems.
The standard lamp was softly spotlighting her from behind.
Each programme in the series will spotlight a particular breed of dog.
The yard was lit by three huge spotlights.
I was sweating under the spotlights.
She stepped into the spotlight and began to sing.
The article spotlights the problems of the homeless.
She walked out onto the spotlit stage.
She's uncomfortable being in the spotlight.
He'd been plucked from obscurity and thrust into the national spotlight.
Education is once again under the spotlight.
Word forms
I/you/we/they: spotlight
he/she/it: spotlights
present participle: spotlighting
past tense: spotlighted or spotlit
past participle: spotlighted or spotlit
singular: spotlight
plural: spotlights
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