shine

CEFRA2

/ʃaɪn/

verb

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In plain English

  1. 01

    verb

    To give out or reflect light.

  2. 02

    verb

    To do something very well.

Examples

  • The clouds cleared up and let the sun shine.

  • Give my shoes a good shine.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

verb

Extra meanings

  1. To distinguish oneself; to excel.

  2. To reflect light.

  3. To emit or reflect light so as to glow.

More examples

In context

  • Shine on my brilliant soul.

  • I shone my light into the darkness to see what was making the noise.

  • My nephew tried other sports before deciding on football, which he shone at right away, quickly becoming the star of his school team.

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Origin

verb

From Middle English shinen, schinen (preterite schon, past participle schinen), from Old English sċīnan (“to shine, flash; be resplendent”; preterite sċān, past participle sċinen), from Proto-West Germanic *skīnan (“to shine”), from Proto-Germanic *skīnaną (“to shine”). Cognate with Dutch schijnen, German scheinen, Danish and Norwegian Bokmål skinne, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish skina, Faroese and Icelandic skína.