spotlight

spot|light1 [ `spat,laıt ] noun count

1. ) a powerful light that shines on a small area, for example in a theater: SPOT

a ) the light from a spotlight

2. ) the spotlight a situation in which you get a lot of public attention:

in/under the spotlight: They're in the media spotlight both nationally and internationally.

out of the spotlight: She's enjoying life out of the spotlight.

a ) the attention of people in a group:

Congress is turning the spotlight on the private lives of its members.

spotlight

spot|light 2 [ `spat,laıt ] (past tense and past participle spot|light|ed or spot|lit [ `spat,lıt ] ) verb transitive

1. ) to shine a spotlight on someone or something, especially a performer on a stage

2. ) to make people pay a lot of attention to someone or something, for example by writing about them in a newspaper:

The recent scandal served to spotlight the president's privacy problems.

╾ spot|lit adjective