spotlighted
- 1Simple past and past participle of spotlight.
The documentary spotlighted the daily struggles of migrant farm workers.
Several emerging painters were spotlighted in the gallery's spring exhibition.
Note
One spelling does double duty here. It is the simple past (the documentary spotlighted…) and the participle behind passives and perfects (were spotlighted, has spotlighted). Every verb use of spotlight takes an object, so the passive comes easily. Beside the stage and figurative uses sits a hunting one, a synonym of jacklight: deer spotlighted by hunters were tracked with a lamp. Spotlit is an irregular alternative.
spotlighted is a form of spotlight
spotlight, verb: To bring something to public notice; to make it the focus of attention. Full entry
- Forms
- spotlightspotlights he/she/itspotlighting -ing formspotlighted past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- spotlight → spotlighted: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /ɪd/, an extra syllable.
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