What part of speech is shown?

Shown can be categorized as a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. shown is a verb, past participle of show (infinitive).

Inflections

Verb

What does shown mean?

Definitions

Verb

show - make visible or noticeable; "She showed her talent for cooking"; "Show me your etchings, please"
show - give an exhibition of to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
show - give evidence of, as of records; "The diary shows his distress that evening"
show - be or become visible or noticeable; "His good upbringing really shows"; "The dirty side will show"
show - finish third or better in a horse or dog race; "he bet $2 on number six to show"
show - give expression to; "She showed her disappointment"
show - show in, or as in, a picture; "This scene depicts country life"; "the face of the child is rendered with much tenderness in this painting"
show - provide evidence for; "The blood test showed that he was the father"; "Her behavior testified to her incompetence"
show - indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
show - establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
show - indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'"
show - take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums; "The usher showed us to our seats"

Examples of shown

#   Sentence  
1. verb The one country that has shown that it understands the realities in South Asia is China.
2. verb It is always shown on television in great detail.
3. verb The unit of measure against which the price is quoted shall be net tons (2000 lbs) and the quantity shown shall be in net tons per month.
4. verb Separating a pair some time before a show (killies are usually shown & judged & often sold as pairs) will encourage them to court and show their best colors.
5. verb I have seen several of the providers from the office and have not once been shown anything but care and consideration.
6. verb I grew up in a small town where you knew and trusted your mechanic and was really cynical about city auto repair shops since I moved here, but Phet has shown that there really are honest hard working mechanics around.
7. verb Because of some technical problem, a movie was shown in place of the announced program.
8. verb No one has shown up as yet, but we're expecting at least 50 students.
9. verb Did you hear that Fred has been shown the door?
10. verb What is shown on television is, as it were, a reflection of what society is like.
11. verb The scene was shown in slow motion.
12. verb The writer's furniture is all shown in this museum.
13. verb That movie was shown on television.
14. verb It is clearly shown in Johnson's investigation that passive smoking is very harmful.
15. verb What I most noticed about my Japanese high school, however, was the great respect shown by students toward their teachers.
Sentence  
verb
The one country that has shown that it understands the realities in South Asia is China.
It is always shown on television in great detail.
The unit of measure against which the price is quoted shall be net tons (2000 lbs) and the quantity shown shall be in net tons per month.
Separating a pair some time before a show (killies are usually shown & judged & often sold as pairs) will encourage them to court and show their best colors.
I have seen several of the providers from the office and have not once been shown anything but care and consideration.
I grew up in a small town where you knew and trusted your mechanic and was really cynical about city auto repair shops since I moved here, but Phet has shown that there really are honest hard working mechanics around.
Because of some technical problem, a movie was shown in place of the announced program.
No one has shown up as yet, but we're expecting at least 50 students.
Did you hear that Fred has been shown the door?
What is shown on television is, as it were, a reflection of what society is like.
The scene was shown in slow motion.
The writer's furniture is all shown in this museum.
That movie was shown on television.
It is clearly shown in Johnson's investigation that passive smoking is very harmful.
What I most noticed about my Japanese high school, however, was the great respect shown by students toward their teachers.

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