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Starcraft

Starcraft

3 6.5
A popular science fiction strategy video game played in online competitions
  • proper noun
  • /ˈstɑrkræft/
translation icon : Starcraft
  • Lovers of Blizzard's StarCraft 2 and Diablo 3 have an exciting development to crow about as well.
  • Starcraft II
  • Starcraft: Brood
  • Starcraft player

I'm a little nostalgic, so I like the old Blizzard games, StarCraft and Warcraft.

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Examples

  • Many gamers consider StarCraft to be one of the best real-time strategy games of all time.

  • The esports tournament featured top players competing in StarCraft matches from around the globe.

  • I also enjoy watching him play Starcraft 2, as he is almost as bad as I am.

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  • The whole reason Starcraft was as good a game as it was, was because of innovation.

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  • I was 14 when I first discovered how many StarCraft websites were out there with real communities.

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  • In China, Dota is to the people there what Starcraft is to Korea.

    Free to Play (2014)

  • Blizzard has not yet said when StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm will be released.

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  • Heart of the Swarm is set to add several improvements to StarCraft 2, including multiplayer progression and new social features.

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  • I'm a little nostalgic, so I like the old Blizzard games, StarCraft and Warcraft.

    Andrew Huberman

  • I spent the weekend playing StarCraft with my friends and we had a great time strategizing our approaches.

Synonyms

Warcraft
vsStarcraft
12 5.2

A popular fantasy video game series about battles and strategy

is set in science fiction with fast real time strategic gameplay
EverQuest
vsStarcraft
  • Texting
3 7.3

An online fantasy role-playing game many people play with expansions

focuses on real time strategy rather than player role development in online worlds

Surface Forms

Starcraft main

Morphology

Starcraft = star + craft (opaque) = star + craft

Although the form is 'star' + 'craft', the proper name denotes a video-game series and that specialized referent cannot be predicted from the components alone.

Etymology

Starcraft joins star ('a bright object in the sky') and craft ('skill' or 'vehicle'), so the name gives the idea of skillful fighting and building in space, which fits a game about planning and control.