spotlight

Definitions of spotlight in various dictionaries:

noun - a focus of public attention

noun - a lamp that produces a strong beam of light to illuminate a restricted area

verb - move into the foreground to make more visible or prominent

verb - illuminate with a spotlight, as in the theater

A strong beam of light that illuminates only a small area, used especially to center attention on a stage performer.

A lamp that produces such a light.

Public notoriety or prominence: She was in the spotlight after she won the marathon.

An artificial source of light with a strongly focused beam, as on an automobile.

To illuminate with a spotlight.

To focus attention on.

verb - to light with or as if with a spotlight (a projected spot of light used to illuminate brilliantly a person, object, or group on a stage)