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shown

verb
SaySHOHN/ʃoʊn//ʃəʊn/

1 meaning of shown

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  1. 1
    verb
    Past participle of show. Use this form after have, has, had, was, or were.

    She has shown me how to fix the bike.

    The movie was shown twice last weekend.

    Note

shown is a form of show

show, verb: To let someone see something, to put it where they can look at it. Full entry

Forms
showshows he/she/itshowing -ing formshowed past tenseshown past participle
Spelling
show → shown: irregular (no -ed)

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Origin

This is the past participle of "show." It comes from the Middle English word "schewen," meaning "to show."