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the limelight

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American soundthe limelight
thelimelight
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the - limelight -> the limelight

Myanmar meaning

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limelight / 'laÇmlaÇt / (usu the limelight ) n [U]

ထင်ရှား ကျော်ကြားမှု။
ရေပန်းစားမှု။
hog/seek/shun the limelight ❍ be in/out of the limelight.

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  • limelight / 'laÇmlaÇt / (usu the limelight ) n [U] ထင်ရှား ကျော်ကြားမှု။ ရေပန်းစားမှု။ hog/seek/shun the limelight
  • be in/out of the limelight.
Synonyms
attention, public interest, public eye, fame, renown, publicity, glare of publicity, allegorize, bring home, draw a picture, draw attention, drawing attention, emblematize, eminence, emphasize, exposure, fifteen minutes of fame, floodlight, floodlit, focus of attention, furnish with light, give prominence, glare, headlining, highlighted, highlighting, hit with a light, hype, illuminate, illustrate, in flames, insist on, insisted on, italicize, labor the point, light, light up, lighting up, lit up, made clear, made much of, made plain, make a point, make bright, make clear, make emphatic, make much of, make plain, make visible, making much of, media attention, ostend, photo opportunity, point up, pointing up, prominence, public attention, public notice, public recognition, put accent on, put on center stage, re-present, rub in, spotlight, switch on, switched on, weighted, weighting
Antonyms
obscurity
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attentionpublic interestpublic eyefamerenownpublicityglare of publicityallegorizebring homedraw a picturedraw attentiondrawing attentionemblematizeeminenceemphasizeexposurefifteen minutes of famefloodlightfloodlitfocus of attentionfurnish with lightgive prominenceglareheadlininghighlightedhighlightinghit with a lighthype
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