five-star

[fahyv-stahr]

adjective

1. having five stars to indicate rank or quality.

   a five-star general; a five-star brandy.

2. of the highest quality.

five-star

adjective

1. (of a hotel) first-class, top-quality, or offering exceptional luxury

Word History and Origins

Origin of five-star¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

As the Dodgers headed for a happy flight back to Los Angeles, Betts offered this game a five-star review.

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He was little-known when he first hit the headlines in India in 1970 for an audacious heist at a jewellery store in Ashok, a five-star hotel in Delhi.

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But this was also the first time he would take a flight and stay at a five-star hotel.

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In a five-star review, The Guardian's Peter Bradshaw said the film's themes of "dissent, discontent and the lonely heroism of not fitting in" is made more interesting as "these ideas are very unfashionable in the US right now".

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The Telegraph's Robbie Collin also gave a five-star review, and praised the acting.

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