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 Definitions of overshadow  [ˌoʊ vərˈʃæd oʊ]  

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Definition of 'overshadow' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.t.) overshadow
to exceed in importance or significance.

2.  overshadow
to cast a shadow over.

Etymology:  (bef. 900)

Definition of 'overshadow' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) overshadow, dominate, eclipse
be greater in significance than
"the tragedy overshadowed the couple's happiness"

2. (verb) shadow, overshadow, dwarf
make appear small by comparison
"This year's debt dwarfs that of last year"

3. (verb) overshadow
cast a shadow upon
"The tall tree overshadowed the house"
Definition of 'overshadow' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (verb) overshadow
(of a situation) to make another situation seem less important or more negative
The baseball scandal has overshadowed the start of a new season.
Translation of 'overshadow' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to make less important especially by being much better than
With her beauty and wit she quite overshadowed her sister.
Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: oorskadu Arabic flag Arabic: يَتَفَوَّق على، يُلْقي ظِ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: засенчвам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: fazer sombra a Czech flag Czech: zastínit German flag German: in den Schatten stellen
Danish flag Danish: overskygge Greek flag Greek: επισκιάζω Spanish flag Spanish: hacer sombra, eclipsar
Estonian flag Estonian: varjutama Farsi flag Farsi: تحت الشعاع قرار دادن؛ کم Finnish flag Finnish: jättää varjoon
French flag French: éclipser Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְהַאֲפִיל על- Hindi flag Hindi: ज्यादा अच्छा प्रदर्शन कर
Croatian flag Croatian: zasjeniti Hungarian flag Hungarian: háttérbe szorít Indonesian flag Indonesian: mengungguli
Icelandic flag Icelandic: skyggjaá Italian flag Italian: offuscare, mettere in omb Japanese flag Japanese: 見劣りさせる
Korean flag Korean: …을 볼품 없게 보이게 하다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: nustelbti, užtemdyti Latvian flag Latvian: aizēnot
Malay flag Malay: membayangi Dutch flag Dutch: overschaduwen Norwegian flag Norwegian: overskygge
Polish flag Polish: zaćmić Persian flag Persian: تحت الشعاع قرار دادن؛ کم Pashto flag Pashto: كم اهميته ګڼل
Portuguese flag Portuguese: fazer sombra a Romanian flag Romanian: a eclipsa Russian flag Russian: затмевать
Slovak flag Slovak: zatieniť Slovenian flag Slovenian: zasenčiti Serbian flag Serbian: zaseniti
Swedish flag Swedish: överskugga Thai flag Thai: ทำให้ลดความสำคัญลง Turkish flag Turkish: gölgede bırakmak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 使相形見絀，使......失色 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: затьмарювати Urdu flag Urdu: ماند کردينا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: làm lu mờ Chinese flag Chinese: 使相形见绌，使......失色

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