Translate spotlight | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish Definition of spotlight
noun
a lamp projecting a narrow, intense beam of light directly onto a place or person, especially a performer on stage. a beam of light from a spotlight:the knife flashed in the spotlight (
the spotlight)
intense scrutiny or public attention:she was constantly in the media spotlight
verb (past and past participle spotlighted or spotlit /-lit/)
[with object] illuminate with a spotlight:the dancers are spotlighted from time to time throughout the evening direct attention to (a particular problem or situation):the protest spotlighted the overcrowding in federal prisons
