movie star
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- noun
- /ˈmuːvi stɑr/
:
estrella de cine
- Tiffany Haddish, one of the biggest movie stars in the world right now.
- pictures of movie stars
- writers and movie stars
- sports and movie stars
The governor at that time happened to be a movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- The governor at that time happened to be a movie star, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Rhett is a famous movie star who Link fails to recognize.
- OK, Think of the most charismatic, wonderful movie star out there, Chris Pratt.
- And he, I don't know, some hotshot movie star played his part.
- And Dwayne Johnson is arguably the biggest movie star in the world.
- I did it for the fact that I was becoming a movie star and a leading man.
- Bill Murray is still like he's one of the biggest movie stars in the world.
- He's my favorite actor, movie star, producer.
- Full time rock star or full time movie star?
- And, you know, movie stars love the attention.
Examples
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Many children dream of becoming a movie star when they grow up.
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I was going to be a very famous movie star.
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And, you know, movie stars love the attention.
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And, you know, movie stars love the attention.
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Oh, for this one, you are movie stars getting ready to be in an action movie.
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My greatest desire is to be an American movie star.
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You're about to be the biggest movie star in the world.
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Who is the true movie star of our time right now?
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Obviously, you're a movie star now in the hit film Nimoma.
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Tiffany Haddish is a well-known movie star who has starred in several popular films.
Synonyms
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1.1
A very famous and admired performer like an actor or musician
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2.3
A famous person who many people know and is often an actor or sports player
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2.8
A very famous and successful person in entertainment or sports
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A famous person often from movies, music, or sports
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2.3
A famous actor or actress who plays lead roles in movies
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A very famous and successful person, often in music or sports
How Famous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a famous actor or actress who plays leading roles in films' is directly and compositionally derived from 'movie' (film) + 'star' (celebrity). This regular noun–noun compound pattern is cross-linguistically common (e.g. Spanish 'estrella de cine'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
Movie star comes from the image of an actor who shines like a bright star on a movie poster or on the cinema screen. That's why today movie star means 'a famous actor in films'.