outshine

[ out-shahyn ]

/ ˌaʊtˈʃaɪn /

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verb (used with object), out·shone or out·shined, out·shin·ing.

to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.

to surpass in splendor, ability, achievement, excellence, etc.: a product that outshone all competitors; to outshine one's classmates.

verb (used without object), out·shone or out·shined, out·shin·ing.

to shine out or forth: a small light outshining in the darkness.

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Origin of outshine

First recorded in 1590–1600; out- + shine¹

Words nearby outshine

outsell, outsert, outset, outsettlement, outsettler, outshine, outshoot, outshout, outside, outside broadcast, outside caliper

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How to use outshine in a sentence

This is where a console game like Puyo Puyo Tetris 2 far outshines simpler, less feature-rich mobile games.
Go big, but don’t go home with the best Nintendo Switch games when out and about|Billy Cadden|July 18, 2021|Popular-Science
While undeveloped forest is clearly best for biodiversity, shade-grown plantations can outshine other land uses.
Mixing trees and crops can help both farmers and the climate|Jonathan Lambert|July 14, 2021|Science News
On September 29, police from five countries—the US, the UK, Ukraine, Russia, and the Netherlands—would simultaneously arrest dozens of suspects in an operation that promised to outshine all cybercrime investigations before it.
Inside the FBI, Russia, and Ukraine’s failed cybercrime investigation|Patrick Howell O'Neill|July 8, 2021|MIT Technology Review
Garcia could follow the trajectory of Hillary Clinton or Elizabeth Warren, two other accomplished women full of plans and policies who were nonetheless outshone by more politically palatable men when they ran for the top job.
A Woman Has Never Run New York City. Can Kathryn Garcia Change That?|Charlotte Alter|May 27, 2021|Time

Because of its first-party data, and because of the high demand for user purchase data, it is poised to outshine its competitors in the ad world in the coming years.
As privacy changes loom, Amazon stands to reap the greatest reward|Michael Waters|April 6, 2021|Digiday
While some parodies end up major flops, the ones that get it right can sometimes outshine their mainstream rivals.
The Art of Smutty Spoofs: Porn Parodies Aren’t a Joke Anymore|Aurora Snow|March 15, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Some followers have even hinted that “good divorces” outshine mediocre marriages.
Nasty Divorces’ Silver Lining?|Beverly Willett|May 19, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Consequently, I opined that it would be no difficult achievement to outshine all my schoolfellows.
The Strand Magazine, Volume V, Issue 28, April 1893|Various
In the full blaze of day came a meteor that swept to the earth in an arc of fire to outshine the sun.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930|Various
Women might in many departments of labour be equal to, or outshine men, but they will not take the trouble.
Chambers's Journal of Popular Literature, Science, and Art|Various
In grace and manly beauty, in his qualities of heart and intellect, contemporaries held him to outshine Trajan.
The Walls of Constantinople|Bernard Granville Baker
He was doubtless trying to outshine him, and for that reason he even got his clothes from the same tailor in Nice.
The Enemies of Women|Vicente Blasco Ibez

British Dictionary definitions for outshine

outshine

/ (ˌaʊtˈʃaɪn) /

verb -shines, -shining or -shone

(tr) to shine more brightly than

(tr) to surpass in excellence, beauty, wit, etc

(intr) rare to emit light

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