shown
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shown¹
- /ʃəʊn/ UK
- /ʃoʊn/ US
Sounds like shone (US) · Rhymes with -əʊn
Where it comes from
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.
verb
- past participle of show I had shown him the report already.
Shown²
proper noun
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: taken, revealed, observed, been, made, learnt, introduced, expressed, known, noted, unveiled, articulated, found, uncovered, detailed, recognized
Talk about this word "shown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shown. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shown. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shown "shown." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shown.Cite this
@misc{shown_2026,
title = {shown},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shown},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
