ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Outshine

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /aʊtˈʃaɪn/ · Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Outshine is a verb meaning To shine brighter than something else.

Meaning

To shine brighter than something else.

More Meanings

  1. To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
  2. (literary) To shine forth, to give out light.

Example Sentences

Bright, outshining beams.
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 15-yard shot past Tim Krul and into the far corner.

Word Forms

Synonyms for outshine

Depending on context, synonyms include extinguish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beat, exceed, outweigh, surpass, excel, outdo.

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