English verb: outshine | |||
1. | outshine (weather) shine brighter than | ||
Samples | What star outshines the sun?. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | beam, shine | ||
2. | outshine (competition) attract more attention and praise than others | ||
Samples | This film outshone all the others in quality. | ||
Examples | Sam cannot outshine Sue | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | exceed, outdo, outgo, outmatch, outperform, outstrip, surmount, surpass | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | upstage | ||