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# superstar

«superstar» in Mova's school dictionary: **an extremely famous and successful singer, actor, sports…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a superstar, superstars)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A superstar is an extremely famous and successful singer, actor, sports player or other performer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superstar/#m1)

2) (informal) A superstar is someone who is brilliant at something or who has done a great job: «You're a superstar for helping!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superstar/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, children talk about pop superstars and football superstars. Teachers and parents say «You're a superstar!» as praise. In media lessons, pupils think about how superstars are shown in magazines and online and how photos may be edited. Phrases: «a pop superstar», «a football superstar», «become a superstar».

### examples

- The singer became a superstar after her first album. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superstar/#x1)
- He is a football superstar who plays for England. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superstar/#x2)
- Thanks for tidying up — you're a superstar! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superstar/#x3)
- Many superstars started as ordinary kids. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superstar/#x4)
- The superstar signed autographs for her fans. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superstar/#x5)
- In our class, everyone is a superstar at something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superstar/#x6)

### note

One word, countable. Stronger than «star». Praise use («you're a superstar») is friendly and informal.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «superstar» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/superstar/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.