You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for March 23.

Today’s word is star, spelled s-t-a-r.

star /stɑː $ stɑːr/ ●●○ verb (starred, starring)

[intransitive] if someone stars in a film, television show etc, they are one of the main characters in it

Here’s the word used in a sentence:

Eastwood starred in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.

[transitive] if a film, television show, or play stars someone, that person is one of the main characters in it SYN feature

a film starring Meryl Streep

The movie starred Orson Welles as Harry Lime.

She is set to star in Sony’s Fatherhood opposite Kevin Hart.

— Mia Uzzell, Essence, "Regé-Jean Page And Alfre Woodard Cast In Netflix’s ‘The Gray Man’," 4 Mar. 2021

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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