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English
Etymology
From out- + shine.
Pronunciation
Verb
outshine (third-person singular simple present outshines, present participle outshining, simple past and past participle outshone or outshined)
- To shine brighter than something else
- To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
2012 December 29, Paul Doyle, “Arsenal's Theo Walcott hits hat-trick in thrilling victory over Newcastle”, in The Guardian: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.
- (literary) To shine forth, to give out light.
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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :Bright, outshining beams.
Translations
to shine brighter than something else
to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
(literary) to shine forth
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