{
    "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."
}