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Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding - yet beautiful - Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space.
Buzz Aldrin

Meaning of "shining" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHINING

shining  [ˈʃaɪnɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHINING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shining is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SHINING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of shining in the English dictionary

The definition of shining in the dictionary is a shining achievement or quality is a very good one which should be greatly admired; outstanding. Other definition of shining is very bright and clear due to reflecting light; gleaming.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SHINING


combining
kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ
declining
dɪˈklaɪnɪŋ
designing
dɪˈzaɪnɪŋ
fining
ˈfaɪnɪŋ
gold-mining
ˈɡəʊldˌmaɪnɪŋ
interlining
ˈɪntəˌlaɪnɪŋ
intertwining
ˌɪntəˈtwaɪnɪŋ
lining
ˈlaɪnɪŋ
mining
ˈmaɪnɪŋ
moonshining
ˈmuːnʃaɪnɪŋ
outshining
ˌaʊtˈʃaɪnɪŋ
reclining
rɪˈklaɪnɪŋ
redlining
ˌrɛdˈlaɪnɪŋ
signing
ˈsaɪnɪŋ
slacklining
ˈslækˌlaɪnɪŋ
streamlining
ˈstriːmˌlaɪnɪŋ
twining
ˈtwaɪnɪŋ
underlining
ˌʌndəˈlaɪnɪŋ
unrepining
ˌʌnrɪˈpaɪnɪŋ
whining
ˈwaɪnɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHINING

shingle
shingle beach
shingle roof
shingler
shingles
shingly
shinguard
shinier
shiniest
shinily
shininess
shining cuckoo
shiningly
shiningness
shinju
shinkin
shinleaf
shinleaves
shinne
shinned

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHINING

adjoining
bargaining
basic training
beginning
data mining
determining
draining
entertaining
in-service training
in training
management training
off-the-job training
on-the-job training
out of training
potty training
remaining
silver lining
sustaining
teacher training
training
weight training

Synonyms and antonyms of shining in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHINING»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shining» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shining

Translation of «shining» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHINING

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

Translator English - Chinese

杰出的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

brillante
570 millions of speakers

English

shining
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

चमक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ساطع
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

светит
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

brilhante
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

জ্বলজ্বলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

brillant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersinar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

leuchtend
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

卓越した
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

훌륭한
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sumringah
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sáng
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பிரகாசிக்கும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रकाशमय
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

parlıyor
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fulgido
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

świeci
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

світить
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

strălucitor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

λάμπει
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

blink
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

glänsande
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

skinner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shining

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHINING»

The term «shining» is very widely used and occupies the 10.713 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHINING» OVER TIME

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

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10 QUOTES WITH «SHINING»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shining.
1
Buzz Aldrin
Whenever I gaze up at the moon, I feel like I'm on a time machine. I am back to that precious pinpoint of time, standing on the foreboding - yet beautiful - Sea of Tranquility. I could see our shining blue planet Earth poised in the darkness of space.
2
Henri Frederic Amiel
Tell me what you feel in your room when the full moon is shining in upon you and your lamp is dying out, and I will tell you how old you are, and I shall know if you are happy.
3
Mary Antin
If education, culture, the higher life were shining things to be worshiped from afar, he had still a means left whereby he could draw one step nearer to them.
4
Scott Baio
I love driving cars, looking at them, cleaning and washing and shining them. I clean 'em inside and outside. I'm very touchy about cars. I don't want anybody leaning on them or closing the door too hard, know what I mean?
5
Banks
Me in my music and onstage - that's me without any fears of judgement; that's me when I'm shining.
6
Tycho Brahe
I conclude, therefore, that this star is not some kind of comet or a fiery meteor... but that it is a star shining in the firmament itself one that has never previously been seen before our time, in any age since the beginning of the world.
7
Willa Cather
What was any art but a mould in which to imprison for a moment the shining elusive element which is life itself - life hurrying past us and running away, too strong to stop, too sweet to lose.
8
Bruce Catton
And there is the headlight, shining far down the track, glinting off the steel rails that, like all parallel lines, will meet in infinity, which is after all where this train is going.
9
Anton Chekhov
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
10
Kate Chopin
She missed him the days when some pretext served to take him away from her, just as one misses the sun on a cloudy day without having thought much about the sun when it was shining.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHINING»

Discover the use of shining in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shining and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Shining
With an excerpt from the sequel, Doctor Sleep. Terrible events occur at an isolated hotel in the off season, when a small boy with psychic powers struggles to hold his own against the forces of evil that are driving his father insane.
Stephen King, 2008
2
All Things Shining: Reading the Western Classics to Find ...
This book will change the way we understand our culture, our history, our sacred practices, and ourselves. It offers a new—and very old—way to celebrate and be grateful for our existence in the modern world.
Hubert Dreyfus, Sean Dorrance Kelly, 2011
3
Shining and Other Paths: War and Society in Peru, 1980-1995
"This collection of essays will bring to English-language readers the most comprehensive, most nuanced exploration of Shining Path--and of Peru during the last fifteen years--available."-- John Tutino, Georgetown University
Steve J. Stern, 1998
4
A Knight in Shining Armor
Abandoned by her lover after a quarrel, Dougless Montgomery is stranded in rural England, but with the sudden appearance of Nicholas Stafford, Earl of Thornwyck--who died centuries ago--a passionate affair begins.
Jude Deveraux, 2012
5
The Shining Girls
The jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any other from the award-winning Lauren Beukes. ‘GONE GIRL has not exactly gone. But THE SHINING GIRLS have arrived’ (The Times).
Lauren Beukes, 2013
6
A Bright Shining Lie: John Paul Vann and America in Vietnam
Sixteen years in the making, A Bright Shining Lie is an eloquent and disturbing portrait of a man who in many ways personified the US war effort in Vietnam, of a solider cast in the heroic mould, an American Lawrence of Arabia.
Neil Sheehan, 2010
7
A Shining Thread of Hope
A Shining Thread of Hope chronicles the lives of black women from indentured servitude in the early American colonies to the cruelty of antebellum plantations, from the reign of lynch law in the Jim Crow South to the triumphs of the Civil ...
Darlene Clark Hine, Kathleen Thompson, 2009
8
Doctor Sleep: A Novel
After decades as an itinerant alcoholic, middle-aged Dan Torrance uses his remnant powers to assist the dying before coming to the aid of a twelve-year-old girl being tortured by a tribe of murderous paranormals.
Stephen King, 2013
9
Shining
A young girl who has not uttered a sound since birth is shunned by the people in her village, until they realize how special she is.
Julius Lester, 2007
10
Discovering Stephen King's The Shining: Essays on the ...
A survey of criticism on King's book and Kubrick's film adaptation "The Shining."
Tony Magistrale, 1998

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHINING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shining is used in the context of the following news items.
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Revealing Behind-the-Scenes Photos from Stanley Kubrick's 'The …
It's hard to believe that a horror cinema masterpiece like Stanley Kubrick's The Shining opened to mixed reviews, with outlets like Variety calling out Jack ... «Flavorwire, May 15»
2
2015 'One Shining Moment' video: Duke's run to the championship …
Yes, "One Shining Moment" is about your new national champion. And it's about Kentucky losing despite not having done so a single time since last year's ... «SB Nation, Apr 15»
3
'Maryam was a shining light': Colleagues pay tribute to popular …
COLLEAGUES of a popular teacher who died in a sledging accident at a busy city park have paid tribute to their “shining light”. Maryam Najafian, 25, suffered ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jan 15»
4
'The Shining' axe murder gang jailed for killing handyman who …
A trio of teenagers who took part in a shocking knife and axe attack similar to the horror movie The Shining have been jailed. Tragic Paul Thrower was killed after ... «Mirror.co.uk, Dec 14»
5
A Glimpse into the Tactics of Peru's Shining Path Guerrillas
A tactical manual attributed to Peru's Shining Path guerrilla group sets out tighter security protocols and calls for targeted attacks on their critics, in what is likely ... «Insightcrime.org, Oct 14»
6
Get Ready for Halloween With IKEA's Spot-On Parody of The Shining
The commercial pays homage to Stanley Kubrick's classic 1980 film The Shining by recreating its iconic (and super creepy) hallway scene. The video's creators ... «TIME, Oct 14»
7
'Ride Around Shining' Reimagines Gatsby's Nouveau-Riche Excess
Most sports novels are about the aspiration to excel physically: to run faster, stretch out one's arms farther. The really cool thing about Ride Around Shining, ... «NPR, Jul 14»
8
Warner Bros. hires a new caretaker for The Shining prequel
Warner Bros. is moving forward on its long-gestating Overlook Hotel, a prequel to The Shining predicated on the notion that hotels have lots of rooms—and ... «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jul 14»
9
US Indicts Shining Path Leaders
Alfredo Crespo (C), a key Movadef leader and the lawyer for jailed Shining Path leader Abimael Guzman, is escorted by police officers after being arrested in ... «Newsweek, Jul 14»
10
Alfonso Cuaron Offered The Shining Prequel 'The Overlook Hotel'
SchmoesKnow is reporting that an offer is out for Alfonso Cuaron to direct The Overlook Hotel, a prequel to The Shining. No plot details have been released, but ... «Cinema Blend, May 14»

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