Webster's English Dictionary

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spotlight

1. spot.light \'spa:t-.li-t\ n 1a: a projected spot of light used to 
   illuminate brilliantly a person, obje ct, or group on a stage 1b: 
   conspicuous public notice  2a: a light designed to direct a narrow intense 
   beam of light on a small ar ea 2b: something that illuminates brilliantly 
2. spotlight vt : to illuminate with or as if with a spotlight