star
- Top 1000
Sense 1
- noun
- A1
A huge ball of burning gas very far away in space that we see as a tiny point of light at night.
On clear winter nights you can see thousands of stars overhead.
City lights make it almost impossible to count the stars.
Some stars are far hotter and heavier than our own sun.
One bright star was still shining as the sky grew light.
Common collocations: a bright star · a distant star · a shooting star · the stars come out · under the stars
Part of: Space
Sense 2 · less common
- noun
- A2
A person who is very well known for acting, singing or playing a sport.
She became a film star after her very first big role.
Fans waited outside in the rain to see the pop star.
Our star was injured and missed almost the whole season.
Common collocations: a film star · a pop star · a rising star · a star player · the star of the show
Part of: Film and television, Music, Sport
Sense 3 · less common
- verb
- B1
To have one of the main parts in a film, a play or a television show.
He stars in a new comedy about two rival cooks.
The film stars two actors who had never worked together before.
She will star in a play about a lost city.
Common collocations: star in a film · star as somebody · star opposite somebody · a film starring somebody
Part of: Film and television, Art
Forms
- past
- starred
- plural
- stars
- third_person
- stars
- past_participle
- starred
- present_participle
- starring