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shown one's work

shown one's work is the past participle of show one's work.

Meaning of show one's work

Verb

show one's work (third-person singular simple present shows one's work, present participle showing one's work, simple past showed one's work, past participle shown one's work)

  1. To write out the individual steps that lead to an induction or deduction, especially leading to the solution to a mathematics problem.
    • The teacher dinged me for not showing my work.

Questions about shown one's work

What is shown one's work the past participle of?
Shown one's work is the past participle of show one's work.

Words near shown one's work in the dictionary

  1. shown one's hand
  2. shown one's stuff
  3. shown one's teeth
  4. shown one's true colors
  5. shown one's true stripes
  6. shown one's work
  7. shown oneself
  8. shown out
  9. shown round
  10. shown skin
  11. shown some skin

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