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Definitions: Outshine |
OutshineVerb1. Shine brighter than; "What star outshines the sun?". 2. Attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "outshine" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disrepute | Obscure. eclipse, outshine, take the shine out of; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow; leave in the background, put in the background; push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint; put out, put out of countenance. |
Repute | Rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie, outjump; emulate, eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow. |
Superiority | Verb: be superior; Adjective: exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle; (importance); preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat; all others, bear the palm; break the record; take the cake. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Outshine |
| English words defined with "outshine": Outray, Overshine. (references) |
| "Outshine" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 73.33% of the time. "Outshine" is used about 30 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 73.33% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 26.67% | 8 | 124,375 |
| Total | 100.00% | 30 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
outshine | 20 |
outshine redken | 4 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "outshine"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shkëlqej mbi të tjerët, shkëlqej më shumë se. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | فضل (advantage, choose, excel, favor, favour, grace, graciousness, merit, prefer, priority, surpass), فاقه بريقا, فاق (exceed, excel, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outweigh, overtop, surpass, top), كسف (eclipse), تألق (blaze, brilliance, brilliancy, dazzle, effulgence, glint, glitter, glory, irradiate, luminosity, magnificence, radiance, radiate, ray, refulgence, scintillate, shine, shine through, sparkle, star, vivacity), بز (beat, distance, eclipse, exceed, excel, outclass, outmatch, outrival, outstrip, overpass, surpass). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | засенчвам (adumbrate, blanket, dim, efface, obscure, out-top, overcast, overcloud, overshadow, shade, show up, upstage), затъмнявам (adumbrate, becloud, black out, cloud, darken, eclipse, obscure, occult, out-top, shade, shadow), блестя повече от. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zastínit (eclipse, overshadow, shade), přezářit. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پیشی گرفتن از, تحت الشعاع قراردادن (Eclipse, Overshadow), بیشتردرخشیدن . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | loistaa kirkkaammin kuin jokin, himmenntää (blur, darken, dim, dip the lights, eclipse, obscure, screen off, stop down). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | surpasser (outclass, outdo, outmatch, outrival, outstrip), éclipser. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | überragen (exceed, jut out, outdo, overtop, protrude, surpass, tower above, tower over). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | επισκιάζω (dwarf, eclipse, overshadow, put something in the shade, shade, shadow), λάμπω περισσότερο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | לז"ור יותר, ל"צליח יותר (outstrip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | túlragyog (outshone, to outshine), felülmúl (exceed, Excel, outbid, outmatch, outreach, outrival, out-top, surmount, to cap, to exceed, to excel, to flog, to overshadow, to overtop, to pass, to surmount, to surmount to sg, to surpass, to transcend, transcend), elhomályosít (bedim, blur, dusk, overcast, tarnish, to adumbrate, to blur, to chill, to eclipse, to efface, to obfuscate, to obscure, to overshadow, to overtop, to throw into the shade). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | paling pintar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | eclissare (be eclipsed, disappear, eclipse, obscure, overshadow). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | geddyn yn varriaght (better, fight off, predominate, prevail). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | outshineay ofuscar (bedazzle, bedim, blear, blur, daze, dazzle, dim, obfuscate, overshoe, sadden), suplantar (exceed, obscure, supersede, supplant, surpass), princípio (a.b.c., abc, beginning, commencement, first, foundation, fount, fundamental, headquarters, inception, origin, prelude, prime, principle, start, sustenance, tenet, threshold), eclipsar (adumbrate, eclogue, effacement, occult, overshadow), brilhar mais que. (various references) strãluci mai mult decât, pune în umbrã (efface, overshadow), eclipsa (blind, disappear, eclipse, efface, extinguish, obfuscate, overshadow, surpass, vanish), întrece (anticipate, beat, better, compete, distance, exceed, head, match, outdo, outmatch, outrival, outrun, outstep, outstrip, outvie, overbear, overhaul, overtake, pass, precede, predominate, surpass, top, vie). (various references) затмевать (eclipse, outmatch, overshadow, shine down, upstage), затмить. (various references) nadsijati. (various references) superar en brillantez, eclipsar (eclipse, obscure, overshadow, surpass, upstage), brillar más que. (various references) ställa i skuggan (efface, overshadow), överglänsa (outdo, transcend). (various references) gölgede bırakmak (cut out, dwarf, eclipse, Excel, overshade, overshadow, put into the shades, supplant, trump, upstage), daha çok parlamak, öne çıkmak (come forward, come into prominence, put oneself forward, rise out of the ruck). (various references) світити яскравіше, затьмарити (umbrage), перевершувати блиском, перевершити (cap, outbid, outclass, outdo, outmatch, outrival, outvie, overbid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "outshine": outshined, outshines. (additional references) | |
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"Outshine" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Luntshire, luthien, Lutschine, Otchizna, Othniel. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-h-i-n-o-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: ethions, heinous, histone. | |
-2 letters: ethion, ethnos, honest, outsin, tenuis, theins, tonish, tushie, unites, unties. | |
-3 letters: eosin, ethos, etuis, heist, hents, hints, hoise, hoist, hones, hosen, house, hunts, inset, neist, nites, noise, notes, onset, senti, seton, shent, shine, shone, shote, shout, shunt, shute, snout, south, stein, steno, stone, suint, suite, thein, thens, thine, thins. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-h-i-n-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: outshined, outshines, unholiest. | |
+2 letters: beshouting, exhaustion, housetrain, touchiness, touchlines, unworthies. | |
+3 letters: doughtiness, euphoriants, exhaustions, exhumations, housetrains, loutishness, neutrophils, nourishment, outscheming, scouthering, unrighteous, unworthiest. | |
+4 letters: doublethinks, droughtiness, euchromatins, glutathiones, hebetudinous, heteroauxins, housepainter, housesitting, housetrained, meetinghouse, muttonfishes, neurochemist, neuropathies, nourishments, overhuntings, silhouetting, touchinesses, unworthiness, upholstering. | |
+5 letters: countinghouse, diathermanous, doughtinesses, entomophilous, flugelhornist, fountainheads, hemodilutions, housepainters, housetraining, immunochemist, interboroughs, loutishnesses, luteotrophins, meetinghouses, naturopathies, neurochemists, outstretching, picturephones, righteousness, undershooting, unorthodoxies, unrighteously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4F 75 74 73 68 69 6E 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--- ..- - ... .... .. -. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110101 01110100 01110011 01101000 01101001 01101110 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O u t s h i n e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0075 0074 0073 0068 0069 006E 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4987868574758071 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, Albaneagh, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabialainen, arabe, arabisch, αραβικόσ, ערבית, ערבי, arab, arabo, Arabish, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, Bulgeyragh, Bulgeyrish, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, Sheckagh, Sheckish, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, اللغة الفنلندية, فنلندية, فنلندي, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, פי י, finn, finlandese, Fynlannish, Fynlannagh, finlandês, finês, finlandezã, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, fince, finlandiya'ya özgü, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, צרפתית, צרפתי, francia, francese, Ny Frangee, Mooinjey ny Frank, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili, французька мова, французький |
German | wörterbuch, Übersetzung | gjerman, ضرب من الرقص, جرماني, الماني, اللغة الألمانية, المانية, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, saksalainen, allemand, deutsch, Deutsche, "ερμανός, 'רמ ית, 'רמ י, német, tedesco, Germaanish, Germaanagh, Garmane, Carmane, alemão, neamţ, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, alman, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, יו ית, יו י, görög, greco, Greagish, Greagagh, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hebrew | אוצר מילים, "'"ר", "'בל", תור'מ ות, תר'ום, "עתק", "עתק | hebraishte, اليهودية, اللغة العبرية, يهودي, عبري, العبرية, иврит, староеврейски език, древен жител на юдея, юдейски, израилтянин, евреин, староеврейски, юдей, hebrejský, hebrejec, hebrejka, hebrejština, juutalainen, hébreu, hebräisch, Hebräer, εβραϊκόσ, εβραϊκά, εβραίοσ, עברי, עברית, zsidó, héber, izraelita, ebreo, ebraico, Ewagh, Ewnish, Ew, hebreu, hebraico, limba ebraicã, izraelit, evreu, evreiesc, ebraic, еврей, древнееврейский язык, древнееврейский, еврейский, hibru, hebreo, jude, hebreiska, hebreisk, musevi, ibranice, ibrani, іудей, іврит, старо"врейська мова, старо"врейський, "врейський, "врей |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, "ו 'רי, magyar, ungherese, Ungaarish, Ungaaragh, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Indonesian | indonezian, الماليزي أحد أبناء ماليزيا, اللغة الأندونيسية, индонезийски език, индонезийски, indonéština, indonéský, indonésan, indonesialainen, indonésien, Indonesier, Ινδονήσιος, indonéz, indonesiano, Indoneesagh, indonésio, indonésia, индонезийский, индонезиец, indonezijski, indonežanin, indonesio, endonezya'ya ait, endonezyalı, endonezya dili, endonezya, індонезі"ць, індонезійська мова, індонезійський, індонезійка | |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, איטלקית, איטלקי, olasz, italiano, Iddaalish, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | gjuha e popullsisë së ishullit men, manština, manský, manx, mann-szigeti nyelv, Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, язык жителей о-ва мэн, с о-ва мэн, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, från ön man, man adası, man dili, менський, менський діалект |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, Portiugish, Portiugagh, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, romanialainen, Roumain, rumäne, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, Roomainagh, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk, румунський, румунка, румунська мова, румун |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, רוסי, orosz, russo, Rooshish, Rooshagh, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, ספר"ית, ספר"י, spanyol, spagnolo, Spaainish, Spaainagh, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, Soolynish, Soolynagh, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, шведська мова, шведський |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turkkilainen, turque, türkisch, τούρκικοσ, טורקי, török, Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, турецький, турецька мова |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, א 'לית, angol, inglese, Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
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