STAR | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of star in English starnoun uk /stɑːr/ us /stɑːr/

star noun (OBJECT IN SPACE)

Add to word list Add to word list A2 [ C ] a very large ball of burning gas in space that is usually seen from the earth as a point of light in the sky at night: star twinkles Stars twinkled above them as they lay on the hill.   malcolm park/Oxford Scientific/GettyImages

• Elaine looked up at the black, velvety sky studded with tiny, twinkling stars.
• The stars twinkled in the clear sky.
• We could see hundreds of stars in the clear desert sky.
• The sky glimmered with stars.
• Those seven bright stars make the shape of a saucepan.

Astronomy

• albedo
• Andromeda
• Aquarius
• Aries
• asterism
• fixed star
• Foucault pendulum
• full moon
• galactic
• galaxy
• Neptune
• new moon
• non-solar
• nova
• stellar
• suborbital
• substellar
• summer solstice
• sunspot
• the North Star

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star noun (FAMOUS/SUCCESSFUL PERSON)

A2 [ C ] a very famous or successful person, especially a musician, actor, or sports player: a rock/movie/football star Kids wanting to be stars come to Hollywood from all over America. She is one of the rising stars in the political firmament. See also co-star noun superstar someone famous

• celebrityThe magazine is all about the lives of celebrities.
• celebWhich celeb recently spent $60,000 on an engagement ring?
• slebUK She was last spotted interviewing a minor sleb on the red carpet.
• starHer ambition was always to become a movie star.
• superstarRock superstar Elton John grew up working class in England.
• legendHe became a legend in his own lifetime.

See more results »  the star of something the performer with the most important part in a film, show, etc.: Gerard Depardieu was the star of film Jean de Florette.the star of the show The two soon became the stars of the show, presenting, interviewing and introducing bands. the best or the most popular or successful person or thing in a particular organization, activity, etc.: In 1992, Brown was the star of the Labour Party and widely seen as a future leader. Peppers are the stars of this fresh summer salad. See also the star of the show

• the stars of the silver screen
• There will be many stars performing in the Royal Ballet's Gala Night, held in aid of children's charities.
• A number of stars from the world of music attended the event.
• The 23-year-old tennis star looks unbeatable this season.

Cinema & theatre: actors & performers

• actor
• actress
• all-star
• alum
• ballroom dancer
• hammily
• hammy
• headline
• headliner
• improviser
• juvenile lead
• pantomimist
• performance artist
• performer
• popcorn actor
• popcorn actress
• scream queen
• thespian
• troupe
• voice actress

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Famous people Entertainers in general Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing

star noun (SYMBOL)

A2 [ C ] a symbol with five or more points: star-shaped How many stars (= symbols showing quality) does this restaurant have? The teacher gave Tom a gold star (= a paper symbol rewarding good work) for his drawing.   kyoshino/iStock/Getty Images Plus/GettyImages two-star, three-star, etc. C1 used to show how good a restaurant, hotel, etc. is: The cheaper two-star hotels are also within the range of the budget traveller. See more a symbol made of metal or cloth worn by particular officials to show their rank: a sheriff's star a four-star general   kickers/iStock/Getty Image Plus/GettyImages [ C ] an asterisk (= a symbol *)

• The US flag has 50 stars on it.
• She was wearing a T-shirt with a star on the front.
• She sent me that Christmas card with the star on it.
• There are little stars all over her bedroom ceiling.
• I bought some wallpaper with stars on it for the spare bedroom.

Geometrical shapes

• -cornered
• circularly
• congruently
• conic
• cuboid
• cylindrically
• lozenge
• octahedron
• orbicular
• ovally
• ovoid
• parallelogram
• pentagon
• polytope
• prism
• quadrilateral
• rectangle
• three-dimensional
• tubular
• two-dimensional

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Specific signs and symbols Punctuation

star noun (LUCK)

[ C ] informal any planet or other object in the sky thought of in astrology as influencing a person's luck: born under a star She was born under a lucky/an unlucky star. See also star sign  stars [ plural ] mainly UK informal →  horoscope : the stars I always like to see what the stars say in the newspaper. See more Astrology

• astrologer
• astrological
• astrology
• horoscope
• numerological
• numerologically
• numerologist
• retrograde
• sign of the zodiac
• star sign
• stargaze
• stargazer
• stargazing
• transit
• zodiac
• zodiacal

star noun (GOOD PERSON)

informal used in order to praise someone who has been very helpful, well-behaved, brave, etc. : Thanks for helping me out - you're a star! The teacher says Gracie's been a little star today. Dad came to collect me from the airport - he's such a star! He has been amazingly brave throughout his illness - a real star. Admirable and admired

• admirable
• admirably
• awe-inspiring
• awe-inspiringly
• awesome
• estimably
• exemplarily
• exemplary
• favourable
• glorious
• laudably
• meritorious
• meritoriously
• noted
• praiseworthy
• the toast of something idiom
• vaunted
• venerable
• venerably
• worthily

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Idiom

the star of the show starverb [ I + prep, T ] uk /stɑːr/ us /stɑːr/ -rr- B1 If a film, play, etc. stars someone, or if someone stars in a film, play, etc., they are the main actor in it: star in David Oyelowo starred in the movie "Selma". Zusak's novel "The Book Thief" was turned into a movie starring Geoffrey Rush. Compare feature verb

• Ingrid Bergman starred with Humphrey Bogart in the movie 'Casablanca'.
• Last year he starred in the movie adaptation of Bill Cronshaw's best-selling novel.
• The movie stars Mark Burgess-Ashton as the gung-ho young fighter pilot.
• The movie stars Kathleen Turner as the hard-boiled detective of Sarah Paretsky's novel.
• Russell Crowe stars as a grief-stricken avenger on the trail of his family's killers.

Cinema & theatre: acting, rehearsing & performing

• act out phrasal verb
• am-dram
• amateur theater
• appearance
• blocking
• camp
• camp it up phrasal verb
• chew
• enact
• improvise
• offstage
• portrayal
• re-enact
• recreation
• rep
• restage
• stage business
• stage fright
• understudy
• unperformable

See more results » staradjective [ before noun ]   informal uk /stɑːr/ us /stɑːr/ C1 best or most important: Natalie is, without a doubt, the star student in this year's ballet class. This afternoon the prosecution will call its star witness. Compare leading stellar Extremely good

• absolutely fabulous
• admirable
• all killer no filler idiom
• amazing
• amazingly
• first-rate
• five-star
• gourmet
• greatness
• have no parallel phrase
• par excellence
• shining
• slay
• soar
• sock
• splendid
• splendidly
• stellar
• superiority
• wonderfully

See more results » -starsuffix uk / -stɑːr/ us / -stɑːr/ a measurement of quality, usually in numbers from one to five with one being the lowest: A three-star hotel is better than a two-star. Quality and standard

• acid test
• bar
• benchmark
• build
• build quality
• cachet
• class
• gilt-edged
• ideal
• interrater
• level
• litmus test
• multi-levelled
• raise the bar idiom
• random sampling
• rate
• set the bar high/low idiom
• starred
• status
• sub-level

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star | American Dictionary

starnoun [ C ] us /stɑr/

star noun [C] (OBJECT IN SPACE)

Add to word list Add to word list a large ball of burning gas in space that is usually seen from earth as a point of light in the sky at night: Stars twinkled in the night sky.

star noun [C] (SHAPE)

a shape having four or more pointed parts coming out from a center at equal distances: The children were cutting stars out of paper to make decorations. A star is sometimes used as a symbol of quality: The Times gave this restaurant three stars. A star is also used as a symbol of rank or position: a four-star general A star is also an asterisk (= the symbol *).

star noun [C] (PERFORMER)

a famous and successful person, esp. a performer such as a musician, actor, or sports player: a rock/movie/basketball star A star is also someone who is especially good at something: Janet is our star math student. starverb [ I/T ] us /stɑr/ -rr-

star verb [I/T] (PERFORM)

to be one of the most important performers in a show: [ I ] He has starred in several recent movies. [ T ] The school play stars children in the seventh and eighth grades. (Definition of star from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

star | Business English

starnoun [ C ] uk /stɑːr/ us Add to word list Add to word list a symbol with four or more points. A system of stars is used to show someone's official opinion of the quality of a product or place: Vehicles with one star are four times more likely to roll over in a crash than vehicles with five stars. Organizations are awarded star ratings to indicate the effectiveness of their safety programmes. someone or something that is the best in a group, an organization, etc.: Business stars were joined by scores of private investors, who snapped up shares in quoted operators. He's now one of the rising stars of the company. MARKETING in the Boston Matrix, a product or company with a large share in a market that is growing very fast: If a star can maintain its large market share, it will become a cash cow when the market growth rate declines. See also Boston MatrixCompare cash cow dog question mark  -star used to show someone's official opinion of the quality of a place, especially a hotel or restaurant. One-star is the lowest and five-star is the highest: five-star accommodation a four-star hotel  star dot star IT the set of symbols (*.*) that matches all DOS and Windows file names. The first star means "all files", and the second star means "all extensions". staradjective [ before noun ]   informal uk /stɑːr/ us better or more important than others: star banker/manager/performer The consumer sector stands out as a star performer in the country's economy. (Definition of star from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of star

star As stars cool, so the heavier elements are formed. From the Cambridge English Corpus Words are as the stars of heaven, fitted to illumine the yet dark places of creation. From the Cambridge English Corpus The lecturer who stares out of the window, for example, is unlikely to convey to students much personal interest in their learning. From the Cambridge English Corpus The stars can be observed with a refracting telescope or a reflecting telescope, but are the same stars. From the Cambridge English Corpus When you get older it is embarrassing because people are staring at you. From the Cambridge English Corpus The white men are like the stars over your heads. From the Cambridge English Corpus He then stares very intently at the growing flames. From the Cambridge English Corpus He then moves on to a discussion of the second cause of the stars' heat. From the Cambridge English Corpus If we could observe several different solar systems around other stars, the resulting constants would vary. From the Cambridge English Corpus Even so, the implications of this theory for old stars and other massive bodies were not generally realized until the 1960s. From the Cambridge English Corpus However, they would differ on details like the distribution of stars and, even more, on what was on the covers of their magazines. From the Cambridge English Corpus Ejaculatory trajectories may be seen leading to these stars. From the Cambridge English Corpus First, when stars of at least 0.4 solar masses exhaust their supply of hydrogen, their outer layers expand to form a red giant. From the Cambridge English Corpus None of which is to claim that stars are alive, a common misinterpretation of such an eclectic stance. From the Cambridge English Corpus Biting her lips and staring firmly at the finish line indicate her resilience. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of star These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.

Collocations with star

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background starWith high enough temporal resolution even the angular size of the background star can be determined. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   big starIt had no great big star in it, though there was a wonderful cast. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.   bright starThis is the bright star shining in that darkness. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English   These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. See all collocations with star What is the pronunciation of star, -star?

Translations of star

in Chinese (Traditional) 太空中的物體, 恆星, 星… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 太空中的物体, 恒星, 星… See more in Spanish estrella, estar protagonizado por, aparecer como protagonista… See more in Portuguese estrela, astro, figura em forma de estrela… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian चांदणी, स्टार / खूप सुप्रसिद्ध, यशस्वी आणि महत्वाची व्यक्ति… See more 星, 恒星, （芸能界やスポーツ界の）スター… See more yıldız, meşhur şarkıcı/aktör/sporcu vb., grubun en iyisi/yıldızı… See more étoile [feminine], vedette [feminine], star [feminine]… See more estrella, estar protagonitzat per, protagonitzar… See more ster, als ster optreden, in de hoofdrol hebben… See more பொதுவாக பூமியில் இருந்து இரவில் வானத்தில் ஒளியின் புள்ளியாகக் காணப்படும் விண்வெளியில் எரியும் வாயுவின் மிகப் பெரிய பந்து, மிகவும் பிரபலமான, வெற்றிகரமான மற்றும் முக்கியமான நபர்… See more तारा, प्रसिद्ध और कामयाब व्यक्ति, सितारा… See more તારો, સિતારો, તારક… See more stjerne, -stjernet, -stjerne… See more stjärna, spela (ha) huvudrollen, [] i huvudrollen… See more bintang, artis terkenal, berlakon… See more der Stern, der Star, Star-…… See more stjerne [masculine-feminine], hovedrolleinnehaver [masculine], bestemann [masculine]… See more تازہ, ستارا, اسٹار… See more світило, зірка, зоря… See more చుక్క/నక్షత్రం, స్టార్, నటించడం… See more তারা, নক্ষত্র, মহাকাশে জ্বলন্ত গ্যাসের একটি খুব বড় বল যা সাধারণত পৃথিবী থেকে রাতে আকাশে আলোর বিন্দু হিসাবে দেখা যায়… See more hvězda, hvězdička, hlavní role… See more bintang, membintangi, punya bintang… See more ดวงดาว, ดาว, รูปดาว… See more ngôi sao, tinh tú, vật hình sao… See more gwiazda, gwiazdka, występować w… See more 별, 스타, 인기 배우… See more stella, star, avere il ruolo di protagonista… See more Need a translator?

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• all-star
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• star/top billing phrase
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  • Noun 
    • star (OBJECT IN SPACE)
    • star (FAMOUS/SUCCESSFUL PERSON)
    • the star of something
    • star (SYMBOL)
    • two-star, three-star, etc.
    • star (LUCK)
    • stars
    • star (GOOD PERSON)
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• American   
  • Noun 
    • star (OBJECT IN SPACE)
    • star (SHAPE)
    • star (PERFORMER)
  • Verb 
    • star (PERFORM)
• Business   
  • Noun 
    • star
    • -star
    • star dot star
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