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A strong beam of light that illuminates only a small area, used especially to center attention on a stage performer.
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A lamp that produces such a light.
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Public notoriety or prominence: She was in the spotlight after she won the marathon.
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An artificial source of light with a strongly focused beam, as on an automobile.
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To illuminate with a spotlight.
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American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.