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US
/ˈstɑɹ/
]
[ UK /stˈɑː/ ]
[ UK /stˈɑː/ ]
NOUN
- a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem
- an actor who plays a principal role
- any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night
- the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub
- (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
- a star-shaped character * used in printing
- a performer who receives prominent billing
- someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
VERB
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feature as the star
The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man -
mark with an asterisk
Linguists star unacceptable sentences - be the star in a performance
ADJECTIVE
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indicating the most important performer or role
a star figure skater
the leading man
prima ballerina
a stellar performance
prima donna
the starring role
a stellar role
How To Use star In A Sentence
- In 1984, he started Oh Boy as an outlet for his songwriting.
- When your bulbs arrive, or you buy them from the garden center, gather everyone together, hand out garden tools and start digging.
- Before you know it, all the Sandy Clarks and Billy Starks doing the media rounds are back in business until the next time they are given their jotters for failing to meet fans' expectations.
- In her house apron and with her hair a little ruffled she looked younger, startled and then angry. THE WHITE DOVE
- We had a gam one day, on this voyage, with a Yankee whale-ship, and a first-rate gam it was, for, as the Yankee had gammed three days before with another English ship, we got a lot of news second-hand; and, as we had not seen a new face for many months, we felt towards those Yankees like brothers, and swallowed all they had to tell us like men starving for news. Fighting the Whales
- Rules exist to be violated, so that the ‘bastard’ may be more violently characterized and the audience engaged in revengeful fury.
- Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
- This is a movie with a distinct and startling cinematic language, but with uncomfortably coercive mannerisms.
- The doctor has said that I can start stepping down my medication in a few days' time.
- Once the coals are covered in a fur of white ash, start by barbecuing a few vegetables.
