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shines through

shines through is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shine through.

Meaning of shine through

Verb

shine through (third-person singular simple present shines through, present participle shining through, simple past and past participle shined through or shone through)

  1. (figuratively, intransitive, usually) To be discernible despite obstruction; to be apparent or evidenced.
    • Though she makes lots of spelling and grammar mistakes in her article, her passion for the subject shines through.
  2. (intransitive) To be visible across a barrier.
    • The clouds are heavy, but the sunlight is still managing to shine through.

Questions about shines through

What is shines through the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Shines through is the third-person singular simple present indicative of shine through.

Words near shines through in the dictionary

  1. shines down on
  2. shines down upon
  3. shines light on
  4. shines off
  5. shines on
  6. shines through
  7. shines up
  8. shiness
  9. shinest
  10. shineth
  11. Shiney Row

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Adapted from Wiktionary: shines through (page history and authors); shine through (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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