star

star¹ W2S2 [sta: US sta:r] n

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1¦(in the sky)¦

2¦(famous performer/player)¦

3¦(main person in a film/play etc)¦

4¦(best/most successful person)¦

5¦(shape)¦

6¦(hotels/restaurants)¦

7 the stars

8 something is written in the stars

9 see stars

10 have stars in your eyes

11 you're a star!/what a star!

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[: Old English; Origin: steorra]

1.) ¦(IN THE SKY)¦

a large ball of burning gas in space that can be seen at night as a point of light in the sky

▪ I lay on my back and looked up at the stars.

▪ The sky was filled with stars.

under the stars

▪ That night, we camped out under the stars (=outdoors) .

▪ The stars were all out (=they were shining) .

▪ stars twinkling overhead (=shining in the sky and quickly changing from bright to faint)

→↑falling star, ↑shooting star

2.) ¦(FAMOUS PERFORMER/PLAYER)¦

a famous and successful actor, musician, or sports player

movie/film/Hollywood etc star

▪ His dream was to become a Hollywood star.

pop/rock star

▪ British pop star Elton John

▪ By the age of twenty she was already a big star (=very famous performer) .

▪ the highest paid child star of all time

▪ a rising star (=someone who is becoming famous and successful) in the music world

▪ She's a good actress, but she lacks star quality (=something that makes a person seem special and likely to be a star) .

▪ She is a star of stage and screen .

3.) ¦(MAIN PERSON IN A FILM/PLAY ETC)¦

the person who has the main part, or one of them, in a film, play, show etc

star of

▪ Ray Grimes, the star of the television series 'Brother John'

4.) ¦(BEST/MOST SUCCESSFUL PERSON)¦

a) the person who gives the best performance in a film, play, show etc

▪ Laporte, as Ebenezer Scrooge, is undoubtedly the star of the show .

▪ Shamu, the killer whale, is the show's star attraction (=best and most popular person or thing) .

b) the best or most successful person in a group of players, workers, students etc

star player/performer/salesman etc

▪ the team's star player

▪ the school's star pupil

▪ the star columnist of the Sunday Times

5.) ¦(SHAPE)¦

a) a shape with four or more points, which represents the way a star looks in the sky

b) a mark in the shape of a star, used to draw attention to something written

= ↑asterisk

▪ I put a star next to the items that we still need to buy.

c) a piece of cloth or metal in the shape of a star, worn to show someone's rank or position - used especially on military uniforms

6.) ¦(HOTELS/RESTAURANTS)¦

a mark used in a system for judging the quality of hotels and restaurants

three-star/four-star/five-star etc

▪ a two-star hotel

7.) the stars

BrE informal a description, usually printed in newspapers and magazines, of what will happen to you in the future, based on the position of the stars and ↑planets at the time of your birth

= ↑horoscope sb's stars

▪ I never read my stars .

→↑star sign

8.) sth is written in the stars

used to say that what happens to a person is controlled by ↑fate (=a power that is believed to influence what happens in people's lives)

▪ Their marriage was surely written in the stars.

9.) see stars

to see flashes of light, especially because you have been hit on the head

▪ I felt a little dizzy and could see stars.

10.) have stars in your eyes

to imagine that something you want to do is much more exciting or attractive than it really is

→↑starry-eyed

11.) you're a star!/what a star!

BrE spoken said when you are very grateful or pleased because of what someone has done

▪ Thanks, Mel. You're a real star!

→↑four-star general, ↑five-star, ↑morning star, ↑shooting star,guiding star at ↑guiding, born under a lucky/unlucky star at ↑born² (7), reach for the stars at ↑reach¹ (11), thank your lucky stars at ↑thank

star ²

star² v past tense and past participle starred present participle starring

1.) [I]

if someone stars in a film, television show etc, they are one of the main characters in it

star in

▪ Eastwood starred in 'The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly'.

star with/opposite

▪ DeVito stars opposite Dreyfuss in the movie.

star as

▪ Hugh Grant stars as the romantic hero.

▪ 'The Freshman' was Brando's first starring role (=the most important part in a film) in ten years.

2.) [T]

if a film, television show, or play stars someone, that person is one of the main characters in it

= ↑feature

▪ a film starring Meryl Streep

star sb as ...

▪ The movie starred Orson Welles as Harry Lime.

3.) [T usually passive]

to put an ↑asterisk (=a star-shaped mark) next to something written

▪ The starred items are available.