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Meaning of SPOTLIGHT

Pronunciation:  'spât`lIt

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer
  2. [n]  a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"
  3. [v]  illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater
  4. [v]  move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics"
 
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 Synonyms: foreground, highlight, limelight, play up, public eye, spot
 
 Antonyms: background, downplay, play down
 
 See Also: bring out, illume, illuminate, illumine, lamp, light, light up, prominence, set off, theater light

 

 

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 Definition: 

Spotlight
A superb resource for speech contests, acting exercises, auditions, or audience entertainment. In a stage review, these short monologs can be to theatre what Dave Barry is to journalism. Warm, funny, and best of all -- real! Fifty-five characterizations for girls, boys, or either. Any young person will relate to the topics of these scripts. And they will like them as performance material that is scarefree . A fresh, insightful book of nontheatrical monologs.

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Spot"light`\, 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;
hence, conspicuous public notice. [Cant or Colloq.]
 

 

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