shown

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
11
Letters
5
Pronunciation
/ʃəʊn/ (UK)
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/ʃəʊn/ (UK) · /ʃoʊn/ (US)

Definition of shown

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of show
    “I had shown him the report already.”
    “The report had already been shown to him.”
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verb

  1. (form-of, participle, past)past participle of show
    “I had shown him the report already.”
    “The report had already been shown to him.”

name

  1. A surname.

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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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