Outshine

//aʊtˈʃaɪn// verb

verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To shine brighter than something else
  2. 2
    attract more attention and praise than others wordnet
  3. 3
    To exceed something or someone else, especially in an obvious or flamboyant manner

    "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."

  4. 4
    shine brighter than wordnet
  5. 5
    To shine forth, to give out light. literary

    "Bright, outshining beams."

Synonyms

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defeatexceedexceloutclassbangbeat

Example

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"Sami hoped to outshine his siblings by doing well at school."

Etymology

From out- + shine.

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