star
/stɑː/
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Translation
A small bright point of light that you see in the sky at night.
Word origin
From Old English steorra, the common Germanic word for a star.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- steorra
Grammar
Gender
Pluralstars
Examples
bright shone .
"Star" is one point of light in the night sky.
thousands .
"Stars" is the plural, meaning more than one star.
.
Here "star" tells us what kind of thing the sun is.
Used in
Stories
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