Dictionary

outshine en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /aʊtˈʃaɪn/
• (Received-Pronunciation) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *úd Proto-Germanic *ūt Proto-Germanic *ūt- Old English ūt- Middle English ut- English out- English shine English outshine From out- + shine.

Meanings

1. To shine brighter than something else
2. To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner
   • 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:
3. (literary) To 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]:

Forms

Deriveds

outshiner

Synonyms

extinguish

Translations (13)

es obcecar (to shine brighter than something else) · pt ofuscar (to shine brighter than something else) · de überleuchten (to shine brighter than something else) · fr dépasser (to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner) · de übertreffen (to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner) · de überstrahlen (to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner) · de überleuchten (to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner) · sv överglänsa (to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner) · de überstrahlen (to shine brighter than something else) · io eklipsar (to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner) · it eclissare (to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner) · de überragen (to exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner) · es deslumbrar (to shine brighter than something else)