outshine

O1U1T1S1H4I1N1E1
/aʊtˈʃaɪn/

verb

To shine brighter than something else

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Meanings

verboutshine (third-person singular simple present outshines, present participle outshining, simple past and past participle outshone or outshined)

present singular third person outshines · participle present outshining · participle past outshone · past outshone · participle past outshined · past outshined

  1. To shine brighter than something else
  2. To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
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    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.

    2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian

    Synonyms: extinguish

  3. literaryTo 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 Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]

Synonyms & antonyms

verbTo exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úd
  2. Proto-Germanic*ūt
  3. Proto-Germanic*ūt-
  4. Old Englishūt-
  5. Middle Englishut-
  6. Englishout-
  7. Englishshine
  8. Englishoutshine

From out- + shine.

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Translations

French dépasser
  • dépasserto exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
German überstrahlen, überleuchten
  • überstrahlento shine brighter than something else
  • überleuchtento shine brighter than something else
  • überstrahlento exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
  • überleuchtento exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
  • überragento exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
  • übertreffento exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
Italian eclissare
  • eclissareto exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
Portuguese ofuscar
  • ofuscarto shine brighter than something else
Spanish deslumbrar, obcecar
  • deslumbrarto shine brighter than something else
  • obcecarto shine brighter than something else
Swedish överglänsa
  • överglänsato exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner

Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

outshine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshine

MLA

“outshine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshine. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “outshine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/outshine.

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