Past tense of outshine
irregular verb
The past tense of outshine is outshone or outshined. The past participle is also outshone or outshined.
Forms of outshine
| Base form (V1) | outshine /aʊtˈʃaɪn/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | outshone /aʊtˈʃɒn/ outshined |
| Past participle (V3) | outshone /aʊtˈʃɒn/ outshined |
| Present participle | outshining |
| Third person singular | outshines |
Outshone and outshined in a sentence
- The living and strokable gold of Aslan’s mane outshone them all.1951, C. S. Lewis, chapter 15, in Prince Caspian, Collins, published 1998. From the entry strokable
- But Datsyuk’s return rejuvenated the old dependables like Rafalski, Lidstrom and Marian Hossa, who consistently outshone Malkin and Crosby.2009 June 7, Jeff Z. Klein, “At Full Strength, Red Wings Dominate”, in New York Times. From the entry dependable
Meaning of outshine
- verb To shine brighter than something else.
- verb To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner.
- verb To shine forth, to give out light.
Verbs like outshine
- shine (shone)
Questions about the past tense of outshine
- What is the past tense of outshine?
- The past tense of outshine is outshone or outshined.
- What is the past participle of outshine?
- The past participle of outshine is outshone or outshined.
- Is outshine a regular or irregular verb?
- Outshine is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: outshine (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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