star*/*/*/

[stɑː] noun I

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

2) [C] a famous and popular actor, entertainer, or sports player

a Hollywood/pop/soccer star[/ex]

3) [C] the main actor or performer in a film, play, television programme etc

Today, he's the star of a hundred-million-dollar movie.[/ex]

4) [C] an object, shape, or sign with five or more points that looks like a star

We always put a star at the top of our Christmas tree.[/ex]

the 50 stars on the US flag[/ex]

I've put stars next to the names I want you to check.[/ex]

5) [C] someone or something that is clearly better than all the other people or things in a group

McAllister was most definitely the star of the Scottish team.[/ex]

Mick was a star pupil at his school.[/ex]

6) [C] a sign that is shaped like a star that is given to a hotel or restaurant in order to show what level of quality or importance it has

a five-star hotel[/ex]

7) stars

[plural] British informal a horoscope

Have you read your stars today?[/ex]

II

verb [I/T]

star */*/[stɑː]

if you star in a film, play, television programme etc, or if it stars you, you are the main actor or performer in it

The X-Files, starring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson[/ex]

He starred in the school play.[/ex]