limelight
UK/ˈlaɪm.laɪt/
limelight noun: the intense white light produced when heating lime in an oxyhydrogen flame.
Noun
limelight (countable and uncountable, plural limelights)
- The intense white light produced when heating lime in an oxyhydrogen flame.
- Synonyms:
- Drummond light
- A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.
- Attention, notice, a starring or central role, present fame; spotlight.
- steal the limelight
- Remember Rappin' Duke? Duh-ha, duh-ha
You never thought that hip-hop would take it this far
Now I'm in the limelight 'cause I rhyme tight
Time to get paid, blow up like the World Trade1994, 0:41 from the start, in Juicy (Hip Hop), spoken by The Notorious B.I.G.
Verb
limelight (third-person singular simple present limelights, present participle limelighting, simple past and past participle limelighted or limelit)
- to illuminate with limelight
limelight meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
limelight in Hindi
- लाइमलाइट
limelight in Tamil
- புகழ்வெளிச்சம், பலரறி நிலை, சுண்ணாம்பொளி
limelight in Marathi
- लाइमलाइट
limelight in Urdu
- شہرت کی چمک
More languagesFewer languages
- limelight in Bengali
- লাইমলাইট
- limelight in Malayalam
- അരങ്ങിലെ വെള്ളിവെളിച്ചം, ഘടിജ്വാല, രസദീപം, ലോകപ്രസിദ്ധി
- limelight in Kannada
- ಸುಣ್ಣದ ಬೆಳಕು, ಲೋಕಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಿ, ಹೆಸರುವಾಸಿ, ಖ್ಯಾತಿ
- limelight in Punjabi
- ਲਾਇਮਲਾਈਟ
- limelight in Gujarati
- લાઇમલાઇટ, લાઈમલાઇટ
- limelight in Odia
- ଲାଇମଲାଇଟ
- limelight in Nepali
- लाइमलाइट
Examples of limelight in a sentence
- The politician was in the limelight from the moment the scandal became public.
- But keeping their clients out of court—and out of the limelight—was the firm's forté.
- But Maore, a cheerful scallywag with a taste for the limelight, was made of more daring stuff.
Synonyms of limelight
Forms of limelight
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | limelights |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | limelights |
| present participle | limelighting |
| past participle | limelighted |
| past | limelighted |
| past participle | limelit |
| past | limelit |
Origin of limelight
From lime + light.
Words formed from limelight
- hog the limelight
- in the limelight
- limelighter
Questions about limelight
- What does limelight mean?
- Limelight means the intense white light produced when heating lime in an oxyhydrogen flame.
- What is limelight in Hindi?
- Limelight in Hindi is लाइमलाइट. See Limelight meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is limelight?
- Limelight can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce limelight?
- Limelight is pronounced /ˈlaɪm.laɪt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of limelight?
- The plural of limelight is limelights.
Words near limelight in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: limelight (page history and authors); limelight (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limelight (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); limelight (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limelight (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); limelight (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limelight (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); limelight (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); limelight (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limelight (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limelight (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); limelight (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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