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Past tense of outshine

The past simple of outshine is outshone and the past participle is outshone: outshine – outshone – outshone.

Base form V1
outshine
Past simple V2
outshone
Past participle V3
outshone
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Meaning of outshine

To be far better at something than the people around you

  • ExampleThe youngest player outshone the whole team.

Outshine, outshone, outshone in sentences

  • Past simpleThe youngest player outshone the team.
  • Past participleShe has outshone everyone this term.

Similar verbs

Outshine is built on shine and changes the same way.

Past simple and past participle the same, like outshine: have, make, think, say, find, feel, keep, tell.

Common questions

What is the past tense of outshine?

Outshone. For example: The youngest player outshone the team.

What is the past participle of outshine?

Outshone. It follows have in the perfect tenses, as in She has outshone everyone this term.

Is outshine a regular verb?

No. Outshine is irregular: its past forms do not end in -ed.

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