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How to pronounce stars in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms asterisk
Type of mark


Linguists star unacceptable sentences.
Type Words
Synonyms leading, prima, starring, stellar


a star figure skater.
the starring role.
Type Words
Synonyms asterisk
Type of grapheme, graphic symbol, graph, character
Type Words
Synonyms star topology
Type of network topology, topology
Type Words
Synonyms ace, adept, champion, genius, hotshot, maven, mavin, sensation, superstar, virtuoso, whizz, whiz, wiz, wizard
Type of expert
Has types track star
Type Words
Synonyms lead, principal
Type of histrion, thespian, player, role player, actor
Has types television star, movie star, idol, matinee idol, tv star, film star, co-star
Type Words
Synonyms headliner
Type of performing artist, performer
Derivation stardom
Type Words
Type of heavenly body, celestial body
Has types starlet
Derivation starry
Type Words
Type of plane figure, two-dimensional figure
Has types pentagram, pentacle, pentangle, asterism, hexagram
Type Words
Type of celestial body, heavenly body
Has types red giant star, multiple star, giant, white dwarf star, binary star, neutron star, nova, sun, supergiant, supernova, binary, white dwarf, variable star, variable, loadstar, double star, lodestar, fixed star, giant star, red dwarf, red dwarf star, red giant
Derivation starry
Type Words
Type of do, perform, execute
Has types co-star
Type Words
Type of feature, have
Has types co-star


The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man.

Examples of stars

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Worse still was the fact that Houston lacked one of its own stars, Kevin Martin.
From the bostonherald.com
James Franco stars in this futuristic story of the battle between human and ape.
From the bostonherald.com
A team light on stars beyond Newton and Fairley will lose plenty of key players.
From the omaha.com
Franco, one of Hollywood's most-degreed stars, recently got his MFA at Columbia.
From the denverpost.com
Tony Curtis married Janet Leigh in 1951, when they were both rising young stars.
From the washingtontimes.com
Life isn't a fantasy league with loaded lineups and all-stars at every position.
From the stltoday.com
Big games are often won by a team's biggest stars, and that was the case Sunday.
From the stltoday.com
The Beatles and Elvis Presley never thought twice about wanting to be big stars.
From the timesunion.com
The NHL and NFL will showcase their stars today on opposite ends of the country.
From the freep.com
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  • (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior
  • Feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man"
  • Leading(p): indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance"
  • Ace: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field
  • Be the star in a performance
  • Any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night
  • A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma held together by gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun, which is the source of most of the energy on Earth. Other stars are visible in the night sky, when they are not outshone by the Sun. ...
  • *Star is a complex abstract strategy game by Ea Ea, a designer of Y. It is a redevelopment of his earlier game Star.
  • Star! is a Canadian English language cable television specialty channel which is owned and operated by CTVglobemedia. Star! is devoted to entertainment programming including entertainment news, film, television, celebrities, and fashion.