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Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.
Thomas Jefferson

Meaning of "shewn" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHEWN

shewn  [ʃəʊn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHEWN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shewn is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb shewn in English.

WHAT DOES SHEWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHEWN

PRESENT

Present
I shewn
you shewn
he/she/it shewns
we shewn
you shewn
they shewn
Present continuous
I am shewning
you are shewning
he/she/it is shewning
we are shewning
you are shewning
they are shewning
Present perfect
I have shewned
you have shewned
he/she/it has shewned
we have shewned
you have shewned
they have shewned
Present perfect continuous
I have been shewning
you have been shewning
he/she/it has been shewning
we have been shewning
you have been shewning
they have been shewning
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I shewned
you shewned
he/she/it shewned
we shewned
you shewned
they shewned
Past continuous
I was shewning
you were shewning
he/she/it was shewning
we were shewning
you were shewning
they were shewning
Past perfect
I had shewned
you had shewned
he/she/it had shewned
we had shewned
you had shewned
they had shewned
Past perfect continuous
I had been shewning
you had been shewning
he/she/it had been shewning
we had been shewning
you had been shewning
they had been shewning
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will shewn
you will shewn
he/she/it will shewn
we will shewn
you will shewn
they will shewn
Future continuous
I will be shewning
you will be shewning
he/she/it will be shewning
we will be shewning
you will be shewning
they will be shewning
Future perfect
I will have shewned
you will have shewned
he/she/it will have shewned
we will have shewned
you will have shewned
they will have shewned
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shewning
you will have been shewning
he/she/it will have been shewning
we will have been shewning
you will have been shewning
they will have been shewning
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would shewn
you would shewn
he/she/it would shewn
we would shewn
you would shewn
they would shewn
Conditional continuous
I would be shewning
you would be shewning
he/she/it would be shewning
we would be shewning
you would be shewning
they would be shewning
Conditional perfect
I would have shewn
you would have shewn
he/she/it would have shewn
we would have shewn
you would have shewn
they would have shewn
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shewning
you would have been shewning
he/she/it would have been shewning
we would have been shewning
you would have been shewning
they would have been shewning
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you shewn
we let´s shewn
you shewn
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to shewn
Past participle
shewned
Present Participle
shewning
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHEWN


alone
əˈləʊn
bone
bəʊn
clone
kləʊn
grown
ɡrəʊn
hormone
ˈhɔːməʊn
iPhone
ˈaɪˌfəʊn
Joan
dʒəʊn
known
nəʊn
loan
ləʊn
lone
ləʊn
Mon
məʊn
own
əʊn
phone
fəʊn
shown
ʃəʊn
smartphone
ˈsmɑːtˌfəʊn
stone
stəʊn
telephone
ˈtɛlɪˌfəʊn
tone
təʊn
unknown
ʌnˈnəʊn
zone
zəʊn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHEWN

shet
Shetland
Shetland Islands
Shetland pony
Shetland pullover
Shetland sheepdog
Shetland wool
Shetlander
sheuch
sheugh
sheva
Sheva Brachoth
Sheva Brochos
Shevardnadze
Shevat
shew
shewbread
shewel
shewer

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHEWN

bestrewn
Bridgetown
brown
crown
dawn
down
downtown
drawn
handsewn
lawn
out-of-town
oversewn
overstrewn
rough-hewn
sewn
strewn
takedown
town
unhewn
unshewn

Synonyms and antonyms of shewn in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «shewn» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHEWN

Find out the translation of shewn to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shewn from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shewn» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

来得光彩啦
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mostrado
570 millions of speakers

English

shewn
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

shewn
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

shewn
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

явлена
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shewn
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

shewn
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

montré
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Shewn
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

shewn
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

shewn
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

shewn
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Nggoleki
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

shewn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

காண்பித்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दिखाऊ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

shewn
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fattasi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

shewn
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

явлена
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

arătată
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

shewn
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

laat sien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

shewn
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

shewn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shewn

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHEWN»

The term «shewn» is normally little used and occupies the 123.939 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHEWN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «shewn» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «shewn» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shewn

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QUOTES WITH «SHEWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shewn.
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Thomas Jefferson
Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHEWN»

Discover the use of shewn in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shewn and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A short treatise on the application of steam: whereby is ...
whereby is clearly shewn from actual experiments that steam may be applied to propel boats or vessels of any burthen against rapid currents with great velocity : the same principles are also introduced with effect, by a machine of a simple and  ...
James Rumsey, 1788
2
The Original, and Present State of Man, Briefly Considered;: ...
Wherein is Shewn, the Nature of His Fall, and the Necessity, Means, and Manner of His Restoration, Through the Sacrifice of Christ, and the Sensible Operation of the Divine Principle of Grace and Truth, Held Forth to the World by the People ...
Joseph Phipps, Joseph R. A. Skerrett, 1818
3
The Analogies of Being, as Embodied in and Upon this Orb, ...
The salient points of this great Argument may be briefly enumerated as follows :-It will be shewn in the course of this and the following chapter, that the true seat and source of the force or power, to which the sun and all the other members of ...
Joseph WOOD (of Ealing.), 1867
4
A Short Treatise on the Application of Steam: Whereby is ...
Whereby is Clearly Shewn, from Actual Experiments, that Steam May be Applied to Propel Boats Or Vessels of Any Burthen Against Rapid Currents with Great Velocity [!] The Same Principles are Also Introduced with Effect, by a Machine of a  ...
James Rumsey, 1788
5
Official aptitude maximized; expense minimized: as shewn in ...
Jeremy Bentham. serve the ends of justice ? He knows not even what they are. Ask him what they are — at the end of half an hour employed in talking backwards and forwards, he will conclude with his speech in Ex-parte Leicester, and the ...
Jeremy Bentham, 1830
6
The Increase of the Israelites in Egypt Shewn to be Probable ...
But it has been shewn above in Part I., that the present rate of increase here, although great when compared with what preceded it, may almost be called slow in comparison with what has occurred elsewhere. The Bishop's argument, therefore ...
Francis ASHPITEL, 1863
7
Reflections Upon Learning: Wherein is Shewn the ...
^ADDENDA. WH A T I have said Chap. X. of the Certainty we have from Ecclesiastical History, is easily shewn in the main Points of Religion 5 which, for Example, the Canon of Scripture and the Creed, besides that they are attested to by ...
Thomas Baker, 1708
8
An essay on weighing of gold, &c., wherein is shewn an ...
I Grain "| so o 4^1 i Penny wt. r is wont j o 9 o 1 j Ounce J ^9 p q J Having fully explained the Nature and Manner of proving ot Gold and Silver by the Laws of Hydrostatics, and shewn how the least Adulteration may be discovered, how much of ...
William Symons, 1756
9
The miracles of the Irving school shewn to be unworthy of ...
David Thom. 1 Corinth. xiii. 10, is now practically bringing a charge of imperfection against his own most blessed word, by exhibiting it as, of itself and without the aid of miraculous gifts, insufficient for the comfort and edification of his people ?
David Thom, 1832
10
An established Church shewn to be in unison with reason, ...
John Healy (rector of Redmile.) It is well known, that the Second Psalm is an in- auguratory poem, composed by David, on his accession to the throne, of Israel. In it, as regards himself, (for I know it has a more special application to the Messiah  ...
John Healy (rector of Redmile.), 1835

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHEWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shewn is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Declaration of Independence
... hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. «Arizona Daily Sun, Jul 15»
2
Norwalk Historial Society holds its annual 4th of July ceremony
... will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind ... «Thehour.com, Jul 15»
3
George Barnes: The lofty fighting words in the Declaration of …
... embarassment of stumbling over words like consanguinity - the most difficult word in the Declaration - and magnanimity, usurpations, unalienable, shewn and ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»
4
Jo Page: As one nation, let us pursue life, liberty and happiness
... warns us of what happens when we are not aware of our interdependence: "...all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils ... «Albany Times Union, Jul 15»
5
Provoking Peace with Jihadists?
[A]ll experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they ... «American Thinker, May 15»
6
Make Big Government Fail
As Jefferson wrote in the Declaration: “[A]ccordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right ... «American Thinker, May 15»
7
Take A Stroll Through The London Of 1817
In another building, I was shewn his manufactory of shoes. Every step in it is effected by the most elegant and precise machinery. As each man performs but one ... «Londonist, May 15»
8
Darwin, sexist asshat
The chief distinction in the intellectual powers of the two sexes is shewn by man's attaining to a higher eminence, in whatever he takes up, than can ... «ScienceBlogs, Oct 14»
9
Column: Why is the government so afraid of the internet?
Thomas Jefferson said, “Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, ... «Northwest Georgia News, Aug 14»
10
Our Declaration of Independence | Making the Spirit of America great
... will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind ... «DigiNews, Jul 14»

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