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all-star
[ awl-stahr ]
/ ˈɔlˌstɑr /
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adjective
consisting of athletes chosen as the best at their positions from all teams in a league or region: Our quarterback was chosen for the all-star team.
consisting entirely of star performers: an all-star cast.
noun
Sports. a player selected for an all-star team.
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Origin of all-star
An Americanism dating back to 1885–90
Words nearby all-star
all-singing all-dancing,
all-sorts,
All Souls' Day,
allspice,
all square,
all-star,
all-state,
Allston,
All's Well That Ends Well,
all systems go,
all talk (and no action) Dictionary.com Unabridged
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How to use all-star in a sentence
But along with the cartoon funk is an all-too-real story of police brutality embodied by a horde of evil Pigs.
Former Red Sox star Curt Schilling says his politics are keeping him out of Cooperstown.
It was seen by a small delegation of star-struck prelates and dignitaries who later described the film as “moving.”
The benefits of incumbency are quite potent, especially in the all-important area of raising campaign funds.
I just recently rewatched all six Star Wars movies the other day… Oh wow, from the beginning?
He had discovered that the all-glorious boast of Spain was not exempt from the infirmities of common men.
Naturally the conversation fell on the all-absorbing topic of the day and the object of his mission.
I had no idea who they were, as the Grand Duke was in morning costume, and had no star or decoration to distinguish him.
When rapidly deposited, as by artificial precipitation, triple phosphate often takes feathery, star- or leaf-like forms.
She liked him less than ever, nevertheless wished that he were her brother and the rising star in American politics.
British Dictionary definitions for all-star
adjective
(prenominal) consisting of star performers
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