spotlight

A strong beam of light that illuminates only a small area, used especially to center attention on a stage performer.

A lamp that produces such a light.

Public notoriety or prominence.

An artificial source of light with a strongly focused beam, as on an automobile.

To illuminate with a spotlight.

To focus attention on.

The projected spot or circle of light used to illuminate brilliantly a single person or object or group on the stage, leaving the rest of the stage more or less unilluminated.

hence, conspicuous public notice.

A lighting apparatus designed to throw an intense beam of light onto a small area.