outshining
outshining is the present participle and gerund 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...
Noun
outshining (plural outshinings)
- A shining outward; effulgence.
- I know not, brethren, whether you are often favoured to behold the outshinings of the divine glory, and to feel the inlettings of it into your own soul.1877, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Sermons Preached and Revised, page 292
Forms of outshining
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Questions about outshining
- What does outshining mean?
- Outshining means a shining outward; effulgence.
- What is outshining the present participle and gerund of?
- Outshining is the present participle and gerund of outshine.
- What part of speech is outshining?
- Outshining is a noun.
- What is the plural of outshining?
- The plural of outshining is outshinings.
Words near outshining in the dictionary
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