Dictionary entry

Spotlight

Pronunciation: /ˈspɒtlʌɪt/

Pronunciation

/ˈspɒtlʌɪt/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) မီးမောင်း။ ပရိသတ်အာရုံ။ မီးမောင်းထိုးသည်။ မီးမောင်းထိုးပြသည်။

Definition

spotlight /'spɒtlaÇt / n ၁။ (also spot ) [C] မီးေမာင္း။ ၂။ the spotlight [sing] ပရိသတ္အာ႐ံု။ 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။ မီးေမာင္းထိုးသည္။ a spotlit stage. ၂။ မီးေမာင္းထိုးျပသည္။ The report has spotlighted real deprivation in the inner cities. Compare HIGHLIGHT v

Examples

  1. [in/under the spotlight] : They’re in the media spotlight both nationally and internationally.
  2. [out of the spotlight] : She’s enjoying life out of the spotlight.
  3. Congress is turning the spotlight on the private lives of its members.