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)
- To shine brighter than something else
- 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
- 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.
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