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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

shown en · VERB

Pronunciation

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  • shōn
  • /ʃəʊn/ (UK)
  • /ʃoʊn/ (US)

Etymology

From Middle English schauen, schewen (past participle), alternative form of schawid, schewed, past participle of Middle English schewen (“to show”). Morphologically equivalent to show + -n.

Meanings

  1. (form-of, participle, past) past participle of show
    form of show
    • I had shown him the report already.
    • The report had already been shown to him.

Deriveds

unshown · aforeshown