SPOTLIT

SPOTLIGHT

spotlight

(verb) illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater

foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up

(verb) move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; “The introduction highlighted the speaker’s distinguished career in linguistics”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

spotlit

simple past tense and past participle of spotlight

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Source: Wiktionary


SPOTLIGHT

Spot"light`, n.

Definition: 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.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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