: of a superior degree of excellence
a four-star French restaurant

Examples of four-star in a Sentence

a home film library with nothing but four-star pictures
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Last year was an anomaly with three four-star quarterbacks in MBA's Marcel Reed, Ravenwood's Chris Parson and Pope John Paul II's Kenny Minchey. Tom Kreager, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 What Did Mangione Say About The Unabomber’s Book? A Goodreads account seeming to belong to Mangione gave the book a four-star review in January. Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 Collins, a former four-star recruit from Gardendale, Ala., has two years of eligibility remaining and will be counted on as an instant impact player for Alabama’s 2025 defense. Kennington Smith Iii, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024 Zion was no slouch, either — a four-star safety who checked in at 58th overall in the 2022 class. Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 18 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for four-star 

Word History

Etymology

from the number of asterisks used to denote relative excellence in guidebooks

First Known Use

1921, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of four-star was in 1921

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Cite this Entry

“Four-star.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/four-star. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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