CO-STAR (co-starred, co-starring)

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Irregular inflected forms: co-starred    , co-starring   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does co-star mean? 

• CO-STAR (noun)
  The noun CO-STAR has 1 sense:

1. one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film

  Familiarity information: CO-STAR used as a noun is very rare.

• CO-STAR (verb)
  The verb CO-STAR has 2 senses:

1. feature as the co-star in a performance

2. be the co-star in a performance

  Familiarity information: CO-STAR used as a verb is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CO-STAR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

One of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("co-star" is a kind of...):

lead; principal; star (an actor who plays a principal role)

Derivation:

co-star (be the co-star in a performance)

co-star (feature as the co-star in a performance)

• CO-STAR (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they co-star    ... he / she / it co-stars   
Past simple: co-starred   
Past participle: co-starred   
-ing form: co-starring   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Feature as the co-star in a performance

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "co-star" is one way to...):

star (feature as the star)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

co-star (one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Be the co-star in a performance

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "co-star" is one way to...):

star (be the star in a performance)

Domain category:

dramatic art; dramatics; dramaturgy; theater; theatre (the art of writing and producing plays)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

co-star (one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film)