starred
Americanadjective
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set or studded with or as with stars.
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decorated with a star, as of an order.
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marked with a starlike figure or spot, especially an asterisk.
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Linguistics. (of a form or construction) ungrammatical or otherwise unacceptable: so called because of the convention of placing an asterisk before such a form.
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Historical Linguistics. (of a form) hypothetical or reconstructed, but unattested.
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of starred
Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; see origin at star, -ed 3
Example Sentences
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Daniel Day-Lewis starred as Brown and Fricker played his supportive mother.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
England attacking midfielder Jude Bellingham, like Kane, scored six goals as he starred during the tournament.
From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026
Max even has his own stalker played by Juliette Lewis, who also starred in the 1991 movie.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
She starred in films alongside Alec Guinness, Fred Astaire and Peter O'Toole and appeared in musicals in New York and London.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
McCandless starred and bracketed the paragraph and circled “refuge in nature” in black ink.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
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