star

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/stɑː(ɹ)/

noun

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  1. 01

    noun

    A bright object in the sky that produces light.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A very massive ball of plasma with strong enough gravity to have ongoing fusion of hydrogen or heavier elements in its core. In strict technical usage, the Sun is included.

Examples

  • A bright star shone in the dark night sky.

  • Not a star was to be seen in the sky.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
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Parts of speech
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Citations
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Synonyms
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Also pronounced

  • /staː(ɹ)/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any small, natural and bright dot in the sky, most visible in the night or twilight sky. This sense includes the planets, but it is now sometimes used in exclusion of them due to influence from the technical astronomical sense.

  2. A planet thought to influence one's fate; (figuratively) fate or luck.

  3. senses derived from the apparent shape of a star in the sky when blurred by the eyes to have streaks

More examples

In context

  • We cannot necessarily see the star with the naked eye.

  • He loved watching the stars in the sky with her.

  • What's in the stars for you today? Find out in our horoscope.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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. Cognates Cognate with Scots starn, ster (“star”), Yola starr, steor (“star”), Saterland Frisian Stiern (“star”), West Frisian stjer (“star”), Cimbrian stèrn (“star”), Dutch ster (“star”), German Stern (“star”), Luxembourgish Stär (“star”), Mòcheno stern (“star”), Vilamovian śtaom (“star”), Yiddish שטערן (shtern, “star”), Danish and Norwegian Bokmål stjerne (“star”), Faroese stjørna (“star”), Gutnish stjännå (“star”), Icelan...