starring

American  

[stahr-ing] / ˈstɑr ɪŋ /

adjective

1. featured or celebrated as a star in a movie, on a sports team, etc..

   He was already the starring quarterback on his high school football team, which was on its way to a state championship.

2. (of a character or role) leading, central, or primary.

   The earliest performance I can remember is when I played the starring role in a drama called The Littlest Angel at church.

   As the town’s largest employer, the university also plays a starring role in the local economy.

3. featuring a specified performer.

   They didn't give a beginner a starring movie when I started acting 18 years ago.

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Etymology

Origin of starring

star ( def. ) + -ing ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

“One Battle After Another,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio in a tender father-daughter tale wrapped in a thriller about resistance fighters on the run, led the film field with nine nominations.

From The Wall Street Journal

Of course AI gadgets played a starring role in this year’s show.

From The Wall Street Journal

I don’t think we’ll ever want to stop watching human beings or listening to human stories told by humans, starring humans, music made by humans, paintings painted by humans.

From Los Angeles Times

A year ago, Campbell won one of the UK's biggest drama awards for creating and starring in an adaptation of The Tragedy of Richard III at the Lyric Theatre in Belfast.

From BBC

The sequel—again starring Gerard Butler and Morena Baccarin—sees the clan having to leave the safety of the bunker it calls home in search of a new place to live.

From The Wall Street Journal