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n

Definition: attention; bright beam of light
Antonyms: obscurity

v

Definition: focus attention on
Antonyms: turn aside

A floodlight equipped with a lens and one or more reflectors to provide a narrow beam to illuminate a specifically defined area.

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Thomas Edison in His Lab

Where would our spotlight be without Thomas Edison? Edison was a man who didn't believe in giving up; he said, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." Born on this date in 1847, the "Wizard of Menlo Park" received over 1,000 patents for things we consider indispensable today, such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph and the stock ticker. He created the first motion picture camera and the first copyrighted film, Fred Ott's Sneeze. Edison was hearing impaired from when he was young, and had only three months of formal schooling. But, luckily for us, he loved to tinker.

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For a list of words related to spotlight, see:

• Lamps and Mirrors - spotlight: lamp that produces powerful, focused beam of light; spot
• Stagecraft, Production, and Dramatic Structure - spotlight: powerful light used to illuminate individual actor, manually operated on a rotating axis
• Tools and Techniques - spotlight: intense light directed on specific area

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - projektørlys, spotlight, søgelys
v. tr. - sætte spotlight på

idioms:

• under the spotlight    belyst, i søgelyset

Nederlands (Dutch)
schijnwerper, aandacht, belichten

Français (French)
n. - (Cin, Théât) projecteur, spot, (fig) sur la sellette, (faire) la une
v. tr. - diriger les projecteurs sur, (fig) mettre (qch) en lumière

idioms:

• under the spotlight    sous les feux de la rampe

Deutsch (German)
n. - Scheinwerfer
v. - anstrahlen, in den Blickpunkt stellen

idioms:

• under the spotlight    im Scheinwerferlicht

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θεατρικός κ.λπ.) προβολέας, (καθομ.) τα φώτα της δημοσιότητας
v. - φωτίζω με προβολέα, (καθομ.) προβάλλω εντυπωσιακά

idioms:

• under the spotlight    στο φως της δημοσιότητας

Italiano (Italian)
riflettore

idioms:

• under the spotlight    sotto le luci della ribalta

Português (Portuguese)
n. - holofote (m)
v. - focalizar, iluminar

idioms:

• under the spotlight    em foco

Русский (Russian)
прожектор, осветительная лампа узкого направленного света, фара, всеобщее внимание, осветить прожектором, высветить, сделать центром внимания

idioms:

• under the spotlight    под пристальным вниманием

Español (Spanish)
n. - proyector, foco, lámpara, linterna
v. tr. - cazar (animales) utilizando un foco para enceguecerlos temporalmente, iluminar utilizando un foco, llamar la atención

idioms:

• under the spotlight    ser objeto de la atención pública, ser el blanco de las miradas

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - spotlight, strålkastarljus, strålkastare, sökarljus
v. - belysa med strålkastare, rikta uppmärksamheten på

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
照明灯, 聚光灯, 车头灯, 聚光照明, 使突出醒目, 使公众注意

idioms:

• under the spotlight    在公众注意之下

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 照明燈, 聚光燈, 車頭燈
v. tr. - 聚光照明, 使突出醒目, 使公眾注意

idioms:

• under the spotlight    在公眾注意之下

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 스포트라이트, 각광, (세인의) 주목
v. tr. - 스포트라이트로 비추다, 돋보이게 하다, ~에 주의를 돌리게 하다

idioms:

• under the spotlight    관심하에 있는, 각광 받고 있는

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - スポットライト, 注目

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) أضويه مركزة (للمسرح مثلا), اهتمام اعلامي أو شعبي كبير (فعل) يسلط الضوء على, يركز على‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮זרקור, מוקד ההתעניינות‬
v. tr. - ‮הפנה הזרקור אל‬

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