limelight
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4.5
- noun
- /ˈlaɪmˌlaɪt/
- I'm right here in the limelight.
- enjoy the limelight
- thrust into the limelight
- avoid the limelight
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- It's to be passive, to get out of the limelight.
- Once Peron gets out of power, Borges is back in, you know, the limelight.
- And then some of these moderators then, you know, began fighting for the the sort of attention and limelight that came afterwards.
- And this went on for a good ten years before I effectively got catapulted into the limelight with sport, which was a sidetrack.
- But making amends may also be and may also involve stepping out of the limelight.
- Secretary Haig, who famously craved the diplomatic limelight himself, accused Kirkpatrick of being temperamental.
- Now the theory is that basically Harry a wants to leave the limelight because Megan is being hounded much like his mother was.
- You're going to be in the limelight if you allow yourself to be.
- Here's the thing guys is like I see so many clients that are either actors, you know, in the limelight, top CE OS, professional athletes, whatever the case is.
Examples
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Both men enjoyed the limelight and were thrilled with the public's renewed focus on the Mafia.
Academic text (2015) -
How does it feel to be in the limelight?
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I was nine years old when I got my first real taste of the limelight.
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Clearly, you always had a love of the limelight, but what's going on here?
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Share a little of the limelight with your teammates.
Fiction book (1999) -
The once media-shy prince found himself thrust into the limelight as never before.
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Third, the discovery of oil in the region catapulted it into the limelight of international affairs.
Academic text (1992) -
All his life he'd wanted the limelight, to be a celebrity.
Fiction book (1999) -
It is precisely because she doesn't crave the limelight that people love her!
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After years of hard work, she finally found herself in the limelight at the award ceremony.
Synonyms
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3.9
The level of public attention a person or group receives
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3.5
Public attention focused on a person or issue
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3.6
A job or position that gets a lot of public attention
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3.9
Making a secret or hidden thing known to people
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3.7
A person or thing that gets attention from many people
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4.0
Being watched or noticed by many people
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2.4
Notice or interest from newspapers, TV, and websites
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3.4
How much a person or thing is noticed by many people
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A state of being important and easily noticed
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Seen and talked about by many people
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5.5
Getting a lot of public attention
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Strong public attention that makes someone feel watched
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Being open so the public can see or attend
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Being well known
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Etymology
Limelight originally referred to a bright stage light made by heating lime, a white material, to make a very strong light. Actors stood in that light and drew the audience's eyes, so to be 'in the limelight' means to have public attention.