spotlight

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
spotlight/ˈspɒtlʌɪt/

▶noun

• 1 a lamp projecting a narrow, intense beam of light directly on to a place or person.

• 2 (the spotlight) intense public attention.

▶verb (past and past part. spotlighted or spotlit)

• 1 illuminate with a spotlight.

• 2 direct attention to.