outshine

Etymology

From out- +‎ shine.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /aʊtˈʃaɪn/
Audio (Received Pronunciation): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪn

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
Synonym: extinguish
- 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[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene iii]:
  Bright, outshining beams.

Derived terms

outshiner

Translations

to shine brighter than something else

German: überstrahlen (de), überleuchten
Portuguese: ofuscar (pt)
Spanish: deslumbrar (es), obcecar (es)

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

French: dépasser (fr)
German: überstrahlen (de), überleuchten, überragen (de), übertreffen (de)
Ido: eklipsar (io)
Italian: eclissare (it)
Swedish: överglänsa

(literary) to shine forth

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