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Meaning star meaning

What does star mean?
Definitions in simple English

star Noun

— A star is a bright thing in the sky at night. Stars seem little, but they are big and far away. — A star is a picture of a shape with five or six sharp ends. My teacher put a gold star on my test. — A star is a celebrity. Brad Pitt is a popular star. — A star is an actor who has the lead role in a movie, television show, or play. John Wayne is the star of many western movies. — A star is an asterisk (*). A star next to your name on the guest list means you will receive an award.

star Verb

— If you star in something, you are on of the main performers, usually in an entertainment program. Brad Pitt will star in another movie next year. Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie starred in "Mr. and Mrs. Smith". — If you star something, you mark it with a star or asterisk. I starred question one because I got it correct.

star

— noun (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior — noun any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night — verb feature as the star The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man — noun (= ace) someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field — noun (= principal) an actor who plays a principal role — adjective (= leading, prima, starring, stellar) indicating the most important performer or role the leading man prima ballerina prima donna a star figure skater the starring role a stellar role a stellar performance — verb be the star in a performance — verb (= asterisk) mark with an asterisk Linguists star unacceptable sentences — noun a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem — noun (= headliner) a performer who receives prominent billing — noun (= star topology) the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub — noun a star-shaped character * used in printing

Synonyms star synonyms

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star English » English

celebrity asterisk planet stars stellar morning star heavenly body whiz luminary hotshot fixed star film star constellation Venus wiz whizz virtuoso sun starry starring star topology sensation principal morning mavin maven leading actor evening comet ace wizard superstar sidereal prima donna prima movie star letter leading lead headliner genius feature fate character champion bigname adept actress actor zodiac sign

Topics star topics

What do people use star to talk about?
Social behavior Social activity

Drama
Universe, creation Sky Sun

Star
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Game
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation

Sports
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
States Quality Light Color

Animal color, marking
Universe, creation Sky Sun

Planet
Universe, creation Animal Types of animals

Small animals
Grammar Name Name of a place

Names of heavenly bodies
Universe, creation

Sky
Universe, creation Sky

Sun
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Chance

Unlucky

Conjugation star conjugation

How do you conjugate star?

star · verb

Examples star examples

How do I use star in a sentence?

Simple sentences

The young girl wanted to be a star of the silver screen.
Look at this shining star.
Tom always wears a green star.
Look! A falling star!
What's this star called?
Which way is the star moving?
The star is moving to the west.
Pluto isn't a star.
Not a star was to be seen in the sky.
Not a star was to be seen that night.
The star is so bright as to be seen with the naked eye.
That movie star has many fans.
That small star is brightest.
That actress is the shining star in the company.
Who is your favorite TV star?
Who is your favourite TV star?
The third star belonged to a certain king.
I have seen a shooting star once.
We had our photograph taken with a star player.
The sun is the brightest star.
Look at that shooting star.
Look! There goes a shooting star.
The Star Festival is in July.
When I was a kid, I dreamed of becoming a star like Seiko Matsuda.
Not a star was to be seen.

Movie subtitles

Your mom was a famous movie star a long time ago. And your brother is one of the top singer in our country. Killer, huh?
Are you a Star Wars guy or are you a Star Trek guy? I wanna know everything about you. Personally I like Star Wars, but I'm willing to like Star Trek if you think it's better?
And if you don't get out of this village, right now, he is going to command the angel Moroni, from the Death Star, to unleash the Kraken, which will then. which will then. which will then.
In 1 995, astronomers discovered a planet orbiting a star 50 light years from Earth.
One such planet, Corot 7B, orbits so close to its star that surface temperatures reach as high as 1,600 degrees Celsius.
Because, from trillions of kilometres away, these small planets get lost in the blinding glare of their star's brightness.
Every now and again, the planet passes directly between us and the star.
It gets darker because the planet is blocking the light from that star.
When this planet passes in front of the star, it blocks out a tiny fraction of the light, dimming the star by a very small amount.
But even if it spots a dimming star, there's still another problem.
For the Egyptians it was Isis' wheat, the Incas saw it as golden star dust, for the Eskimos it was a band of snow and the Christians thought of it as the road to Rome.
My star has died in the African sky.
The woman - now a star of great prominence.
You're not only the star, you're the director.
Your husband's a big star. Here.
I remember the night I became a star.
A meteor is a star with a tail on it.
And that, my friend, is what is known as society belle telling ex star newspaper reporter to go to.
She's singing at the Star Cafe in Baltimore.
We're going to have to use our star play No. 37, where the quarterback makes a lateral pass to the right guard.
After his success in Frankenstein, and to a lesser extent, The Mask of Fu Manchu, on loan to MGM, and The Mummy, back at his home studio, Universal regarded him as a full-fledged star, and all along had planned for him to do The Invisible Man.
The eminent George Bernard Shaw personally chose him to star opposite Vivien Leigh in the British production of Shaw's Caesar and Cleopatra, released in 1946.
Ah, what a star!
What a star!
The Alpha pack is like an all-star pack of werewolves.
I think it's one of my fans from Star Search.
See, when a star is dying, it transforms into a red giant.
The star arrives.
We're gonna take lot number 26, the star lot of the whole proceedings. Here it is.
YOU'RE THE STAR OF THAT NEW RUSSIAN REVUE WHERE THEY SING ALL THOSE CHEERFUL LITTLE DITTIES ABOUT THE FAMINE AND THE SNOW AND THE WOLVES.
And the star in your hair.
And the star in my hair.
With your sergeant's pay you can drink fine three-star liquor!
Zou Zou, do you know the star?
Barbara is a star going straight.
The usher who becomes a star in a day.
He's come over to star in my show.
I'll put that Kabuki star Tanjuro to shame.

News and current affairs

For example, star-struck female film fans may be especially prone to believe any utterance from Hollywood's most famous silver fox.
We have heard Texas Governor Rick Perry call obliquely for the lynching of his fellow Republican, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, should he come to the Lone Star State.
Many artists involved in the creation of the spectacle, including the fireworks specialist Cai Guo Qiang, the dance star Shen Wei, and the composer Tan Dun, earned their fame primarily in the West.
California's governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger, was an immigrant (from Austria) before he was a movie star.
The real criminals, the officers of the companies - Nortel, Cisco, and Sun Microsystems - that built this sinister system of mind control, will never get closer to a prison than China's five-star hotels.
Petraeus, after all, had been General Petraeus, a four-star general who had spent his life in the military, commanding the US missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.
A wonderful example is the referendum promoted by Emma Bonino, Italy's star political renegade.
Finally, while the Globalizers have lifted millions of people out of poverty and reduced global inequality, this has not resulted in a more equal world, because star economies like India and China are experiencing a rise in domestic inequity.
Chile was the star reformer, but other countries - including Botswana, China, Costa Rica, Malaysia, the Philippines, and South Korea - also avoided pro-cyclical fiscal policies.
From one perspective, Milton Friedman was the star pupil of, successor to, and completer of Keynes's work.
On the one hand, his new star Treasury Secretary, Hank Paulson, the former chairman of Goldman Sachs, has long been deeply committed to environmental causes.
Desperate to capture some of the star power of the rock star-driven campaign to reduce poor countries' debt, the leaders agreed to forgive Third World debt that no one ever expected to be repaid.
One hopes that President-elect Obama's all-star economic team will at least adopt a coherent and consistent policy.
In fact, my formal residence is in New York City, but I am about to spend most of the next five months in Russia, training to be a cosmonaut in Star City, just outside Moscow.
For example, David Beckham and his ex-pop-star wife Victoria, live out their own dream of royalty, aping some of its gaudiest aspects.
The problem for Ban is his diffident manner, which stands in stark contrast with that of his predecessor, Kofi Annan, a larger than life secretary-general who dominated the scene through his flair, eloquence, and star power.
Hotels in China's provincial cities can make five-star hotels in Western capitals looked shabby.
But a serious challenge to all of these views has now emerged, in proposals by Senator Elizabeth Warren, a rising Democratic star who has become increasingly prominent at the national level.
Tunisia faces political crisis; and Turkey's star as the embodiment of Islamic democracy has dimmed.
Italy's Five Star Movement is in abeyance as well.
STAR safeguards the flow of goods and people through measures that secure ships, aviation, and travelers - thereby enhancing cross-border security, customs networking, and protection of corporate supply chains.
This mindset suggests that, despite the panoramic city skylines, the billboards, and the flashy five-star hotels say otherwise, China has a long way to go before it truly comes to understand and appreciate its actual accomplishments and status.
A Federal court has ruled that the military tribunals system - Star Chambers where evidence derived from torture is used against the accused - can proceed.
Libya's militias are running rampant and distorting its politics; Tunisia faces political crisis; and Turkey's star as the embodiment of Islamic democracy has dimmed.
By contrast, even Latin America's star performer, Chile, remains largely a resource-based export economy, with a heavy concentration in copper and agricultural exports.

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