Shown

//ʃoʊn// name, verb

name, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    past participle of show form-of, participle, past

    "I had shown him the report already."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Synonyms

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ascertainedattestedauthenticatedborne outcertifiedcircumstantiated

Example

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"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.

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