Meaning

5 senses
  1. (intransitive)To appear as a featured performer or headliner, especially in an entertainment program.

    She starred in dozens of silent movies.

    die Hauptrolle spielen

  2. (transitive)To feature (a performer or a headliner), especially in a movie or an entertainment program.

    The show stars Calista Flockhart as a high-powered lawyer.

  3. (transitive)To mark with a star or asterisk.

    mark with an asterisk

  4. (transitive)To set or adorn with stars, or bright, radiating bodies; to bespangle.

  5. (intransitive)To shine like a star.

    be the star in a performance

Examples

1531 sentences
  1. The sky is full of stars.

    Небо повне зірок.

    ruНа небе полно звёзд.

    deDer Himmel ist voller Sterne.

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  2. This is a story about stars.

    Це історія про зірки.

    ruЭто рассказ о звездах.

    deDies ist eine Geschichte über Sterne.

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  3. Who is your favorite TV star?

    Яка твоя улюблена телезірка?

    ruКто у тебя любимая телезвезда?

    deWer ist dein Lieblingsfernsehstar?

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  4. Tom usually stays at 5-star hotels.

    Том зазвичай зупиняється у п'ятизіркових готелях.

    ruТом обычно останавливается в пятизвёздочных отелях.

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  5. Were there any stars in the sky?

    На небі були зірки?

    ruНа небе были звёзды?

    deWaren überhaupt Sterne am Himmel?

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Translations

5 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to appear as a featured performer or headliner:

Origin

From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *s

From Middle English sterre, from Old English steorra (“star”), from Proto-West Germanic *sterrō, variant of *sternō, from Proto-Germanic *sternô, *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of aster; related to estoile, étoile, stella, and stelo.

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Forms

stars, starring, starred, starred
Base formstar · to star
3rd person singularstars
Present participlestarring
Past simplestarred
Past participlestarred

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystar
he, she, itstars

Past simpleLesson

all personsstarred

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave starred
he, she, ithas starred

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill star

Synonyms

1 synonyms
to mark with an asterisk:asterisk
Close in meaning

Word family

7 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • five star hotel
  • stars in the
  • at the stars
  • star hotel
  • a five star
  • a movie star
  • a rock star
  • the star of
  • star of the
  • five star
  • movie star
  • shooting star

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
star — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto