limelight
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a focus of public attention
he enjoyed being in the limelight
Types & categories
- prominence hypernym
Related & opposite
- foreground derivation
Sense 2 noun
a lamp consisting of a flame directed at a cylinder of lime with a lens to concentrate the light; formerly used for stage lighting
Types & categories
- lamp hypernym
Parts & wholes
- theater light member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | foreground |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | prominence |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | theater light |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lamp |