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outshine

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out·shine  (out-shn)
v. out·shone (-shn), out·shin·ing, out·shines
v.tr.
1.
a. To shine brighter than.
b. To be more beautiful, splendid, or flamboyant than.
2. To surpass in obvious excellence; outdo.
v.intr.
To shine forth.

outshine
Verb
[-shining, -shone] to be better than (someone) at something: by university she had begun to outshine me in sports
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Verb1.outshine - shine brighter than; "What star outshines the sun?"
beam, shine - emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light; "The sun shone bright that day"; "The fire beamed on their faces"
2.outshine - attract more attention and praise than others; "This film outshone all the others in quality"
outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surpass, exceed, surmount - be or do something to a greater degree; "her performance surpasses that of any other student I know"; "She outdoes all other athletes"; "This exceeds all my expectations"; "This car outperforms all others in its class"
upstage - steal the show, draw attention to oneself away from someone else; "When the dog entered the stage, he upstaged the actress"
Translations
outshine [autˈʃaɪn] vt (irreg like shine);
(fig) → eclipsar, brillar más que

outshine [autˈʃaɪn] vt irreg like shine) (fig); éclipser

outshine [autˈʃaɪn] irreg like shine) vt (fig) → in den Schatten stellen

outshine [autˈʃaɪn] vt (irreg) (fig) → eclissare

outshine
v outshine [autˈʃain]
to be brighter than She outshone all the other students. oortref, oorskadu يَفوقُ، يَبُزُّ затъмнявам převyšovat, zastínit overgå in den Schatten stellen επισκιάζω, ξεπερνώ (σε λάμψη, επιδόσεις) eclipsar, más que brillar varju jätma تحت الشعاع قرار دادن jättää varjoonsa éclipser לְהַצלִיח יוֹתֶר מ- बढ़ जाना, श्रेष्ठतर होना zasjeniti túlszárnyal mengalahkan kecemerlangan gera betur en (e-r) (brillare più di) ~より光る ...보다 뛰어나다 užtemdyti, nustelbti pārspēt spožumā; aizēnot lebih cemerlang drpd overschaduwen overskygge, overstråle zaćmiewać eclipsar a eclipsa затмить oslniť, predstihnúť zasenčiti zaseniti överglänsa บดบังรัศมี gölgede bırakmak, çok daha iyi olmak 比...更亮 затьмарити, перевершити دوسروں سے زيادہ روشن ہونا sáng hơn ...


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Her daughter Jane was, of course, as graceful and elegant, as witty and seductive, as she could possibly manage to be; for here were all the ladies to outshine, and all the gentlemen to charm, - and Mr.
As the huntress Diana goes forth upon the mountains of Taygetus or Erymanthus to hunt wild boars or deer, and the wood nymphs, daughters of Aegis-bearing Jove, take their sport along with her (then is Leto proud at seeing her daughter stand a full head taller than the others, and eclipse the loveliest amid a whole bevy of beauties), even so did the girl outshine her handmaids.
Stables, which bids fair to outshine the old one, on which he has so long rested his colloquial reputation.
 
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