# shown

Pronunciation: say "SHOHN" US /ʃoʊn/, UK /ʃəʊn/

## Verb

1. Past participle of show. — past participle of show
   - Simple: Past participle of show. Use this form after have, has, had, was, or were.
   - _The results have shown a steady improvement over the year._
   - _Several paintings were shown to the public for the first time._

## Origin

"Shown" is the past participle of "show," formed from Middle English "schauen, schewen," an alternative form of the past participle of "schewen" ("to show"). It corresponds to "show" plus the ending "-n."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shown (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).