Shown
/ʃoʊn/ name, verb
name, verb ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 past participle of show form-of, participle, past
"I had shown him the report already."
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
Example
More examples"Because of some technical problem, a movie was shown in place of the announced program."
Etymology
From Middle English schauen, schewen (past participle), alternative form of schawid, schewed, past participle of Middle English schewen (“to show”). Morphologically equivalent to show + -n.