{
    "term": "spotlight",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "image": "data/images/sp/spotlight.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a light with a single, very bright beam that can be directed at a particular place or person, especially a performer on the stage",
            "labels": "informal",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The room was lit by spotlights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When the stage is dimmed, spotlights are used to create a tight arc of light."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was hot under the spotlights."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They shone the spotlight on a woman at the back of the audience."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Film and theatre"],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + spotlight": ["shine", "step into"],
                "spotlight + verb": [
                    "be on somebody/​something",
                    "fall on somebody/​something",
                    "shine on somebody/​something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in the spotlight", "under the spotlight"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the area of light that is made by a spotlight",
            "sensetop": "in the spotlight",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She stood alone on stage in the spotlight.",
                    "contextForm": "in the spotlight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He stepped into the spotlight to the wild applause of the crowd."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verb + spotlight": ["shine", "step into"],
                "spotlight + verb": [
                    "be on somebody/​something",
                    "fall on somebody/​something",
                    "shine on somebody/​something"
                ],
                "preposition": ["in the spotlight", "under the spotlight"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "attention from newspapers, television and the public",
            "sensetop": "in the spotlightunder the spotlight",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Unemployment is once again in the spotlight.",
                    "contextForm": "in the spotlight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The issue will come under the spotlight when parliament reassembles.",
                    "contextForm": "under the spotlight"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The report has **turned the spotlight on** the startling rise in street crime."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was happy to share the spotlight with her sister."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He accused her of hogging the spotlight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He will want to keep the spotlight on the divisions within the party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was suddenly thrust into the political spotlight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The President has never been one to shun the spotlight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The affair is now out of the spotlight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The captain had to share the spotlight with the new young star."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The quality of food in the shops is back in the spotlight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These revelations threw a spotlight on the shakiness of the economy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This issue will come under the spotlight at tomorrow's meeting."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["harsh", "international", "national"],
                "verb + spotlight": ["come into", "come under", "be thrust into"],
                "spotlight + verb": [
                    "be on somebody/​something",
                    "fall on somebody/​something",
                    "shine on somebody/​something"
                ],
                "preposition": [
                    "away from the spotlight",
                    "in the spotlight",
                    "under the spotlight"
                ]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspɒtlaɪt/",
                "audio": "sp/spotlight/spotlight__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈspɑːtlaɪt/",
                "audio": "sp/spotlight/spotlight__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": null
}