star

star1 [ star ] noun count ***

▸ 1 small light in night sky

▸ 2 someone famous and popular

▸ 3 sign of quality

▸ 4 object/shape with points

▸ 5 the best in a group

▸ 6 someone who does something helpful

▸ 7 power influencing future

▸ + PHRASES

1. ) a very large hot ball of gas that appears as a small bright light in the sky at night

=> THANK

2. ) a famous and popular person, especially an actor, entertainer, or sports personality:

a Hollywood/TV/pop star

a big star: All the big stars were at the party.

a child star: the former child star Shirley Temple

make someone a star: With his contacts he can make you a star.

a star in the making (=someone who is likely to become a star): I think we have a star in the making here.

a ) only before noun typical of a star or suitable for a star:

star quality: He's a good player but he lacks star quality.

star treatment (=very good and special treatment): She always gets star treatment wherever she goes.

b ) the main actor or performer in a movie, play, television program, etc.:

Today, he's the star of a hundred-million-dollar movie.

the star of the show (=the best actor or performer): The dog was undoubtedly the star of the show.

=> ALL-STAR

3. ) a sign shaped like a star that is given to a hotel or restaurant to show which group it belongs to according to its quality or importance:

How many stars does the hotel have?

a three-star/five-star hotel/restaurant: We stayed in a five-star hotel on our honeymoon.

a ) a sign or small piece of paper shaped like a star that is given to someone, especially a child, as a reward for good work:

She got a gold star for her drawing.

b ) an object shaped like a star that some soldiers wear as a sign of their high rank

c ) a sign like a star with a lot of points, used for example in computers, on a telephone, or for marking something as important: ASTERISK:

I've put stars next to the names I want you to check.

Press star now.

4. ) an object or shape with five or more points that looks like a star:

We always put a star at the top of our Christmas tree.

the fifty stars on the American flag

5. ) someone or something that is clearly better than all the other people or things in a group:

star of: Ewing was most definitely the star of the Eastern Conference's team.

a star pupil: Mick was a star pupil at his school.

a star attraction: The Corvette is the star attraction at this year's auto show.

a rising star (of something): He had once been regarded as the rising star of the department.

6. ) INFORMAL someone who does something kind and helpful

7. ) stars plural MAINLY LITERARY a power that some people believe influences what happens in the future:

He wondered what the stars held for him now.

a ) BRITISH INFORMAL a HOROSCOPE:

Have you read your stars today?

My stars say that I'm going to have a bad week.

b ) written in the stars certain to happen:

It was written in the stars that we would never meet again.

reach for the stars

to try to achieve a very difficult aim

see stars

to see flashes of light, especially because of a knock on your head

stars in your eyes

if you have stars in your eyes, you are very hopeful and enthusiastic about what is going to happen to you in the future, although this is not a practical or sensible way for you to behave:

I see lots of young players with stars in their eyes.

under the stars

outside in the open air, at night:

That night, we slept out under the stars.

=> STAR OF DAVID, STARS AND STRIPES

star

star 2 [ star ] verb ***

1. ) intransitive to be the main actor or performer in a movie, play, television program, etc.:

star in: Sarah has missed her chance of starring in the school play.

star as: He starred in Devil's Advocate as an ambitious lawyer.

star with/alongside: Starring alongside Harrison Ford will be Meryl Streep and George Clooney.

star opposite (=as the main actor of the opposite sex): In her next movie she stars opposite Travolta.

a ) transitive if a movie, play, television program, etc. stars someone, they are the main actor or performer in it:

The X-Files, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson.

star someone as someone/something: It stars Anthony Hopkins as President Nixon.

2. ) transitive to put a sign shaped like a star next to something on a list in order to mark it as special or important: ASTERISK:

The books that are starred cost more than $10.