spotlight : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: spotlight	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for spotlight
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
spotlight n a focus of public attention; "he enjoyed being in the limelight"; "when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency" Synonym(s): limelight, spotlight, glare, public eye a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area; used to focus attention of a stage performer Synonym(s): spotlight, spot v move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent; "The introduction highlighted the speaker's distinguished career in linguistics" Synonym(s): foreground, highlight, spotlight, play up Antonym(s): background, downplay, play down illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Spotlight \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.]