spotlight
/ˈspɑtˌlaɪt/ verb C2- To illuminate with a spotlight. · We spotlight the star, but the supporting cast has all the great lines in this scene.
- To draw attention to. · The news series served to spotlight corruption.
- Synonym of jacklight (“to use a spotlight in hunting animals”).
He/she/it spotlights · Past spotlighted · Past participle spotlighted · -ing form spotlighting
Verb forms
- Base form
- spotlight
- He/she/it
- spotlights
- Past
- spotlighted
- Past participle
- spotlighted
- -ing form
- spotlighting
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