name · noun · verb · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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stâr
/stɛə(ɹ)/
/ˈstaɹeɪ/
homophone: Staré
/stəˈɹeɪ/
/ˈstɛə̯/Conservative
[ˈstɛə̯]Conservative
/ˈstɛː/Contemporary
[ˈstɛː]Contemporary
Southern-England:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
/ˈstɜː/Lancashire, fair–fur merger
[ˈstɜː]Lancashire, fair–fur merger
Australia:/ˈsteː/
Australia:[ˈsteː]
/ˈste̝ə̯/without the cheer–chair merger
[ˈste̝ə̯]without the cheer–chair merger
/ˈstiə̯/cheer–chair merger
[ˈstiə̯]cheer–chair merger
General-American:/ˈstɛɚ/
General-American:[ˈstɛɚ] ~ [ˈstɛɹ̩]
US:Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
Scotland:/ˈsteːɹ/
Scotland:[ˈsteːɹ]
Scotland:/ˈsteːɾ/
Scotland:[ˈsteːɾ]
rhymes with -ɛə(ɹ)
homophone: stair
homophone: steer (cheer–chair merger)
homophone: stir (fair–fur merger)
CMU ARPABET:S T EH1 R
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
name
Meaning 1
A surname
Fredrick John Stare (1910–2002), American nutritionist
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
name
Meaning 2
A surname
Ward Stare (born 1982), American conductor
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
3
name
Meaning 3
A village in the Gmina of Rogoźno, Oborniki County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
name
Meaning 4
A village in the Gmina of Wysoka, Piła County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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5
name
Meaning 5
A hamlet in the Gmina of Kaźmierz, Szamotuły County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, Poland.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
6
name
Meaning 6
A former village in the former Irkliiv Raion, Cherkasy Oblast, Ukraine, founded before 1750, destroyed in 1959–60 by the flooding of the Kremenchuk Reservoir
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 7
A village in Voronkiv rural hromada, Boryspil Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1455.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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name
Meaning 8
A village in Zghurivka settlement hromada, Brovary Raion, Kyiv Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1910.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
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9
name
Meaning 9
A rural settlement in Kadiivka urban hromada, Alchevsk Raion, Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine, founded in 1930, controlled by the Luhansk People’s Republic since 2014.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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10
noun
Meaning 10
A persistent gaze.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
the stares of astonished passers-by
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11
noun
Meaning 11
A starling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: common starling, European starling
Antonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 12
To look fixedly (at something).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
She found him staring with raised eyebrows at her.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 13
To influence in some way by looking fixedly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
to stare a timid person into submission
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Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 14
To be very conspicuous on account of size, prominence, colour, or brilliancy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
staring windows or colours
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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verb
Meaning 15
To stand out; to project; to bristle.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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16
noun
Meaning 16
a fixed look with eyes open wide
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
The ancestor in the painting is staring down menacingly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look
Narrower terms: glower, glare
18
verb
Meaning 18
look at with fixed eyes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The students stared at the teacher with amazement
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gaze
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: look
Narrower terms: stare down, outstare, outface, stargaze
History
Etymology
From Polish Stare and Ukrainian Старе́ (Staré), both neuter substantives of adjectives — Polish stary and Ukrainian стари́й (starýj) — meaning “old”, both of which ultimately descend from Proto-Slavic *stàrъ. Compare Staroye.
From Middle English staren, from Old English starian (“to stare”), from Proto-West Germanic *starēn, from Proto-Germanic *starjaną, *starāną (“to be fixed, be rigid”), from Proto-Indo-European *ster-. Cognate with Dutch staren (“to stare”), German starren (“to stare”), German starr (“stiff”). More at start.
From Middle English star, ster, from Old English stær (“starling”), from Proto-Germanic *starô (“starling”), from Proto-Indo-European *stor- (“starling”). Cognate with German Star (“starling”), Danish stær (“starling”), Swedish stare (“starling”), Norwegian Nynorsk stare (“starling”), Icelandic stari (“starling”). Compare also Old English stearn (“a type of bird, starling”).
Across languages
Translations
112 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Polish:
Stare
— village in Rogoźno, Oborniki, Greater Poland
Ukrainian:
Старе́
(Staré)
— village in Rogoźno, Oborniki, Greater Poland
German:
Staren
— village in Wysoka, Piła, Greater Poland
Polish:
Stare
— village in Wysoka, Piła, Greater Poland
Ukrainian:
Старе́
(Staré)
— village in Wysoka, Piła, Greater Poland
Polish:
Stare
— hamlet in Kaźmierz, Szamotuły, Greater Poland
Ukrainian:
Старе́
(Staré)
— hamlet in Kaźmierz, Szamotuły, Greater Poland
Ukrainian:
Старе́
(Staré)
— submerged village in (former) Irkliiv, Cherkasy, Ukraine
Russian:
Ста́рое
(Stároje)
— village in Voronkiv, Boryspil, Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian:
Старе́
(Staré)
— village in Voronkiv, Boryspil, Kyiv, Ukraine
Russian:
Ста́рое
(Stároje)
— village in Zghurivka, Brovary, Kyiv, Ukraine
Ukrainian:
Старе́
(Staré)
— village in Zghurivka, Brovary, Kyiv, Ukraine
Polish:
Stare
— rural settlement in Kadiivka, Alchevsk, Luhansk, Ukraine
