SPOTLIGHT


Meaning of SPOTLIGHT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ spɒtlaɪt ]

( spotlights, spotlighting, spotlighted)

1.

A spotlight is a powerful light, for example in a theatre, which can be directed so that it lights up a small area.

N-COUNT

2.

If something spotlights a particular problem or situation, it makes people notice it and think about it.

...a new book spotlighting female entrepreneurs.

= highlight

VERB : V n

3.

Someone or something that is in the spotlight is getting a great deal of public attention.

Webb is back in the spotlight.

PHRASE : v-link PHR

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