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# outshine

verb (outshine, outshines, outshone, outshining; US also outshined)

«outshine» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To outshine someone or something is to be much better or more impressive than them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/#m1)
2. To outshine is to shine more brightly than something else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories and sport a new player may outshine the team captain, or a younger sister may outshine her older brother. In science, Venus outshines every star in the night sky. Phrases: «outshine the rest», «outshone everyone».

### Examples

- The new pupil outshone everyone in the spelling bee. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/#x1)
- Venus outshines all the stars at dusk. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/#x2)
- Cinderella outshone her stepsisters at the ball. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/#x3)
- The goalkeeper outshone the strikers in the final. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/#x4)
- Don't try to outshine your friends; enjoy their success too. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/#x5)
- The full Moon outshone the faint stars. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/#x6)
- When they came to the end of their journey, they started building of this castle which was to outshine all others. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/#x7)

### Note

Past form usually «outshone» (UK) and also «outshined» (US). Prefix «out-» means «more than»: outrun, outsmart, outshine.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «outshine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/O/outshine/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«outshine» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/outshine.html) on Mova free.