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Word star
WordType (verb)
Phonetic BrE / stɑː(r) / NAmE / stɑːr /
Example
  • she starred opposite cary grant in ‘bringing up baby’.
  • no one has yet been chosen for the starring role (= the main part).
  • a movie starring meryl streep and pierce brosnan
  • the studio wants to star her in a sequel to last year's hit.
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star

(verb)BrE / stɑː(r) / NAmE / stɑːr /
  1. to have one of the main parts in a film/movie, play, etc.
    • She starred opposite Cary Grant in ‘Bringing up Baby’.
    • No one has yet been chosen for the starring role (= the main part).
  2. if a film/movie, play, etc. stars somebody, that person has one of the main parts
    • see also co-star
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/co-star_1
    • a movie starring Meryl Streep and Pierce Brosnan
    • The studio wants to star her in a sequel to last year's hit.
  3. to put a symbol shaped like a star (= an asterisk) next to a word, etc. in order to make people notice it
    • Treat all the sections that have been starred as priority.

    Extra Examples

    • No one has yet been chosen for the starring role.
    • She starred opposite Johnny Depp in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’.
    • The movie stars Aishwarya Rai.
    • The studio wants to star him in a sequel to last year’s hit.

    Verb Forms

    • present simple I / you / we / they star
    • he / she / it stars
    • past simple starred
    • past participle starred
    • -ing form starring

    Word Origin

    • Old English steorra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ster, German Stern, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin stella and Greek astēr.
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