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share
1[ shair ]
- the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.
Synonyms: lot, quota, assessment, ration, allocation, allotment
- one of the equal fractional parts into which the capital stock of a joint-stock company or a corporation is divided.
- Digital Technology.
- a digital file or document that can be accessed by specific users on a computer network, as for viewing, downloading, or making changes to it:
I just sent you a share—can you improve the second paragraph?
- an act of sharing online content with specific users on a computer network:
You can do a video share with friends and family.
- to divide and distribute in shares; apportion.
Synonyms: mete, dole (out), deal, parcel out, allot
- to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointly:
The two chemists shared the Nobel Prize.
- Digital Technology. to give specific users access to (online content), as by posting it on a social media website or sending it as an email attachment: a shared spreadsheet.
to share photos on Instagram;
a shared spreadsheet.
- to have a share or part; take part (often followed by in ).
- to divide, apportion, or receive equally.
- Digital Technology. to give specific users access to online content:
You can share via email, Facebook, or Twitter.
- Computers. noting or relating to the practice of sharing online content with specific users on a computer network:
Add a share button to your site.
share
2[ shair ]
- a plowshare.
share
1/ ʃɛə /
- short for ploughshare
share
2/ ʃɛə /
- a part or portion of something owned, allotted to, or contributed by a person or group
- often plural any of the equal parts, usually of low par value, into which the capital stock of a company is divided: ownership of shares carries the right to receive a proportion of the company's profits See also ordinary shares preference shares
- go shares informal.to share (something) with another or others
- troften foll byout to divide or apportion, esp equally
- whenintr, often foll by in to receive or contribute a portion of
six people shared in the inheritance
we can share the cost of the petrol
- to join with another or others in the use of (something)
can I share your umbrella?
Derived Forms
- ˈsharer, noun
- ˈsharable, adjective
Other Words From
- shara·ble sharea·ble adjective
- sharer noun
- half-shared adjective
- non·sharing adjective noun
- un·shara·ble adjective
- un·sharea·ble adjective
- un·shared adjective
- un·sharing adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of share1
Origin of share2
Idioms and Phrases
- on / upon shares, on the principle of sharing the profits or losses of an undertaking:
They agreed to work on shares.
More idioms and phrases containing share
In addition to the idiom beginning with share , also see lion's share .Synonym Study
Example Sentences
By 1984, Heinz swooped in to scoop up Chico-San’s market share.
At the time, Mozilla described it as a file-sharing tool with a focus on privacy.
Now, Amazon will allow users to share their favorite routines with others.
Trina reported that her younger sister was doing “better” and would share more details about what she experienced when she was ready.
Little wonder Square’s share price has climbed 150% this year.
Cosby conspiracy theorists share a perspective born of a long, pained history of American racism.
We have to share those feelings of concern that the people are feeling.
Mr. Bachner said it had been hard to introduce his work ethic and share his vision with the locals and his team.
Getting men to do their share of care and domestic work is a key overlooked strategy in reducing poverty.
Perhaps it always seems that way at the time, but surely we face our fair share right now.
The foster-child remained behind to share the hut of the political exile.
Rent, the share of the land-owner, offered to the classicist a rather peculiar case.
Murat, who had earnestly begged to be allowed to share the Austrian campaign of 1809, was delighted to serve in person.
It is almost unnecessary to add, that the porter had his share well paid, and that the fisherman got the full value for his prize.
But Yung Pak was not allowed to share the pleasures and the trials of the boys in the public school.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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