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Star

noun

1.

(astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior.

2.

Someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field. Synonyms: ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, superstar, virtuoso, whiz, whizz, wiz, wizard.

3.

Any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night.

4.

An actor who plays a principal role. Synonyms: lead, principal.

5.

A plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem.

6.

A performer who receives prominent billing. Synonym: headliner.

7.

A star-shaped character * used in printing. Synonym: asterisk.

8.

The topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub. Synonym: star topology.

adjective

1.

Indicating the most important performer or role. Synonyms: leading, prima, starring, stellar. "Prima ballerina" , "Prima donna" , "A star figure skater" , "The starring role" , "A stellar role" , "A stellar performance"

verb

(past & past part. starred; pres. part. starring)

1.

Feature as the star.

2.

Be the star in a performance.

3.

Mark with an asterisk. Synonym: asterisk.

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... mother died. And now, while he was so deeply concerned for Aloysia's career and was trying so desperately to secure her an engagement in Paris, she was blandly forgetting him. Of this, however, he had no suspicion until he reached Munich, where she, the star of his heart and of his ambition, ...

— The Love Affairs of Great Musicians, Volume 1 • Rupert Hughes

... Than those I shed for him. What was he like? I have forgot him; my imagination Carries no favour in't but Bertram's. I am undone: there is no living, none, If Bertram be away. It were all one That I should love a bright particular star, And think to wed it, he is so above me: In his bright radiance and collateral light Must I be comforted, not in his sphere. The ambition in my love thus plagues itself: The hind that would be mated by the lion Must die for love. 'Twas pretty, though a plague, ...

— All's Well That Ends Well • William Shakespeare [Collins edition]

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— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... general dislike of Tiberius in one or two obscure passages, e.g. I. 455; II. 290, 253; where the epithets tortus, pronus, applied to Capricorn, which was Tiberius's star, hint at his character and his disgrace. Cf. ...

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