Usually means: Focus of public attention, spotlight.
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  1. limelight: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. limelight, the limelight: Merriam-Webster
  3. limelight, the limelight: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. limelight: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. limelight, the limelight: Collins English Dictionary
  6. limelight: Vocabulary.com
  7. Limelight, limelight: Wordnik
  8. the limelight: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. limelight: Wiktionary
  10. limelight: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. limelight: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. limelight: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Limelight, limelight: Dictionary.com
  14. limelight: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. limelight: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Limelight (Belfast), Limelight (Colin James album), Limelight (Kepi and Kat song), Limelight (Rush song), Limelight (club night), Limelight (disambiguation), Limelight (magazine), Limelight (nightclub), Limelight (song), Limelight, The Limelight: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. limelight: Rhymezone
  18. limelight: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. limelight: Stammtisch Beau Fleuve Acronyms
  20. limelight: FreeDictionary.org
  21. limelight: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. Limelight: The Word Detective
  23. limelight: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. limelight: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

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  1. limelight: Legal dictionary

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  1. limelight: Encyclopedia

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  1. limelight: Medical dictionary

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  1. limelight: Idioms

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  1. Totally Unofficial Rap (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (limelight)

noun:  A type of stage lighting once used in theatres and music halls, producing a bright light by the use of incandescent quicklime.
noun:  (by extension) Attention, notice, a starring or central role, present fame.
verb:  to illuminate with limelight

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