past participle of show
"The team was shown the new prototype before the public launch."
In plain English: Shown is the past tense of show, meaning you displayed something to someone so they could see it.
"The teacher showed us how to solve the math problem on the board."
A surname.
"When I met Mr. Shown at the conference, he introduced himself as a leading expert in renewable energy."
The word "shown" comes from the Middle English verb schewen, which originally meant "to show." It entered modern English as the past participle form, carrying forward the same meaning of revealing something to others.