Meaning

3 senses
  1. To shine brighter than something else

    überstrahlen, überleuchten

    shine brighter than

  2. To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner

    überstrahlen, überleuchten, überragen

  3. (literary)To shine forth, to give out light.

Examples

5 sentences
  1. He outshone them all in how he dressed.

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  2. Sami hoped to outshine his siblings by doing well at school.

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  3. I have no ambition to outshine him or any other erudite.

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  4. Even though the girls are beautiful, don't worry, you outshine them all in beauty.

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  5. She easily outshone her rivals.

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Translations

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By meaning 2
to shine brighter than something else:
to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner:

Forms

outshines, outshining, outshone, outshone
Base formoutshine · to outshine
3rd person singularoutshines
Present participleoutshining
Past simpleoutshone / outshined
Past participleoutshone / outshined

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyoutshine
he, she, itoutshines

Past simpleLesson

all personsoutshone

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave outshone
he, she, ithas outshone

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill outshine

Synonyms

1 synonyms

Word family

1 related words
Derivedoutshiner

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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