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outshines

outshines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outshine.

Meaning of outshine

Verb

outshine (third-person singular simple present outshines, present participle outshining, simple past and past participle outshone or outshined)

  1. To shine brighter than something else
  2. To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
    • Four minutes later Walcott, who until then had been redundant as a lone striker owing to one-star service, was given his first decent pass of the game and duly took his chance to outshine the Senegalese, springing a poorly conceived offside trap to collect Lukas Podolski's ball and stroke a low...2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian
    Synonyms:
    extinguish
  3. (literary) To shine forth, to give out light.
    • Bright, outshining beams.c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

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Outshines is the third-person singular simple present indicative of outshine.

Words near outshines in the dictionary

  1. outshifts
  2. outshine
  3. outshined
  4. outshiner
  5. outshiners
  6. outshines
  7. outshining
  8. outshinings
  9. outshone
  10. outshook
  11. outshoot

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