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{ "term": "star", "partOfSpeech": "noun", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "a1", "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "a large ball of burning gas in space that we see as a point of light in the sky at night", "sensetop": "under the stars", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "There was a big moon and hundreds of stars were shining overhead." }, { "text": "Sirius is the brightest star in the sky." }, { "text": "We camped out under the stars.", "contextForm": "under the stars" }, { "text": "They lay down under a canopy of stars." }, { "text": "a dense cluster of stars at the galaxy's nucleus" } ], "topics": ["Space"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["bright", "brilliant", "faint"], "… of stars": ["cluster", "canopy"], "verb + star": ["look up at"], "star + verb": ["be out", "shine", "twinkle"], "star + noun": ["cluster"], "preposition": ["under the stars"], "phrases": [ "the brightness of a star", "the density of a star", "the luminosity of a star" ] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "an object, a decoration, a mark, etc., usually with five or six points, whose shape represents a star", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "a horse with a white star on its forehead" }, { "text": "a sheriff’s star" }, { "text": "I've put a star by the names of the girls in the class." }, { "text": "Liz deserves a **gold star** for all her hard work." }, { "text": "a four-star general" } ], "topics": ["Colours and Shapes"] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "a mark that represents a star and tells you how good something is, especially a hotel or restaurant", "cefr": "a2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**three-/four-/five-star** hotels" }, { "text": "What **star rating** does this restaurant have?" } ], "topics": ["Holidays"] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "a famous and excellent singer, performer, sports player, etc.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "**pop/rock/Hollywood/TV stars**" }, { "text": "a football/tennis/sports star" }, { "text": "She acts well but she hasn't got **star quality**." }, { "text": "Get used to her face as she is a **rising star**." }, { "text": "She's a **former **child **star**." }, { "text": "He's so good—I'm sure he'll be a big star." }, { "text": "The best models receive star treatment." }, { "text": "I wanted to be a pop star when I was a teenager." }, { "text": "veteran stars of stage and screen" }, { "text": "the Hollywood star system" }, { "text": "Channel 4 has lined up a galaxy of stars for the coming season." }, { "text": "That was the movie that made him a star." }, { "text": "There were several big Hollywood stars at the function." }, { "text": "The film was nothing more than a star vehicle for Tom Hanks." }, { "text": "The movie didn't have enough star power." }, { "text": "She is one of the brightest stars of her generation." } ], "topics": ["TV, radio and news"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "big-name", "major"], "… of stars": ["array", "galaxy", "host"], "verb + star": ["make somebody"], "star + noun": ["quality", "status", "power"], "preposition": ["star of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "a person who has the main part, or one of the main parts, in a film, play, etc.", "cefr": "a1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "The **star of the show** was a young Italian singer." }, { "text": "The show has plenty of **guest stars** appearing each week." }, { "text": "She was the star of many popular television series." }, { "text": "He was the star turn at the celebrations." }, { "text": "Jackie got the star part in the school play." } ], "topics": ["Film and theatre"], "collocations": { "adjective": ["big", "big-name", "major"], "… of stars": ["array", "galaxy", "host"], "verb + star": ["make somebody"], "star + noun": ["quality", "status", "power"], "preposition": ["star of"] } }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "a person or thing that is the best of a group", "examples": [ { "text": "a star student" }, { "text": "Paula is the star of the class." }, { "text": "He was the **star performer** at the championships." }, { "text": "The **star prize** is a weekend for two in Paris." }, { "text": "The monkey was **the star attraction** *(= the best or most popular act)* at the show." }, { "text": "Through high school he was a track star." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "used to show that you feel very grateful for something that somebody has done or that you think they are wonderful", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "Thanks! You're a star!" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "a description of what somebody thinks is going to happen to somebody in the future, based on the position of the stars and planets when they were born", "examples": [ { "text": "Do you read your stars in the paper?" } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to try to be successful at something that is difficult", "examples": [], "topics": ["Success"] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to see flashes of light in front of your eyes, usually because you have been hit on the head", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "if somebody has stars in their eyes, they have dreams of becoming famous, especially as an actor, singer, etc.", "examples": [] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to feel very grateful and lucky about something", "examples": [ { "text": "Just thank your lucky stars you weren’t in the house at the time." } ] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/stɑː(r)/", "audio": "st/star/star__gb_2.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/stɑːr/", "audio": "st/star/star__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Old English steorra, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch ster, German Stern, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin stella and Greek astēr." }