spotlight
/ˈspɒtlʌɪt/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈspɒtlʌɪt/
spotlight
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
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- 1st syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
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spot - light -> spotlight
Myanmar meaning
(n) မီးမောင်း။ ပရိသတ်အာရုံ။ မီးမောင်းထိုးသည်။ မီးမောင်းထိုးပြသည်။
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၁။ (also spot ) [C] မီးမောင်း။
၂။ the spotlight [sing] ပရိသတ်အာရုံ။ This week the spotlight is on the world of fashion. ❍ a sportsman who likes to be in the spotlight (ie getting a lot of attention or publicity).
v (pt, pp spotlit /-lÇt / or, esp in sense 2, spotlighted )
၁။ မီးမောင်းထိုးသည်။ a spotlit stage.
၂။ မီးမောင်းထိုးပြသည်။ The report has spotlighted real deprivation in the inner cities. Compare HIGHLIGHT v
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attention, limelight, fuss, focus, accentuate, center stage, draw attention, draw attention to, fame, feature, flashlight, floodlight, focus on, give prominence, highlight, illuminate, interest, light, notoriety, point up, public attention, public eye, publicity, publicize, put on center stage, underline, underscore
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