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[ shair ]

/ ʃɛər /

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noun

the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group.

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.

verb (used with object), shared, shar·ing.

to divide and distribute in shares; apportion.

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: to share photos on Instagram;a shared spreadsheet.

verb (used without object), shared, shar·ing.

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.

adjective

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.

OTHER WORDS FOR share

1 allotment, allocation; ration, assessment; quota, lot.

4 allot, parcel out, deal, dole (out), mete.

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Idioms about share

on / upon shares, on the principle of sharing the profits or losses of an undertaking: They agreed to work on shares.

Origin of share

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English noun shar(e), sharre “cutting, division,” Old English scearu “fork of the body, groin”; cognate with Dutch schaar, German Schar “troop”; see shear

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7. Share, partake, participate mean to join with others or to receive in common with others. To share is to give or receive a part of something, or to enjoy or assume something in common: to share in another's experiences. To partake is to take for one's own personal use a portion of something: to partake of food. To participate is especially to join with others in some thought, feeling, or, particularly, some action: to participate in a race, in a conversation.

OTHER WORDS FROM share

shar·a·ble, share·a·ble, adjectivesharer, nounhalf-shared, adjectivenon·shar·ing, adjective, noun

un·shar·a·ble, adjectiveun·share·a·ble, adjectiveun·shared, adjectiveun·shar·ing, adjective

Other definitions for share (2 of 2)

share²

[ shair ]

/ ʃɛər /

noun

a plowshare.

Origin of share

First recorded before 900; Middle English shar(e), sharre, Old English scear, scer; cognate with German Schar; see shear

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How to use share in a sentence

Proud of his small achievement, McKenzie shared a photo of his homemade creation on Facebook.
It started as a macho bake-off between dads. Months later, they’ve delivered 15,000 cookies to essential workers.|Sydney Page|November 20, 2020|Washington Post
The company will disclose plans for the size and price range for the share sale in a later filing.
Roblox files for IPO as pandemic drives video game growth|Verne Kopytoff|November 20, 2020|Fortune
It did not release a similar metric for its photo-sharing app Instagram.
Facebook says it labeled 180 million debunked posts ahead of the election|Rachel Lerman, Heather Kelly|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
The three libraries that share buildings with recreation centers — Northwest One, Deanwood and Rosedale — were constructed between 2009 and 2012, but do not have enough space for meeting rooms.
D.C. library system wants to build new branches, including a first in Adams Morgan|Julie Zauzmer|November 19, 2020|Washington Post

Defendant’s family is Jewish, and he did not share the same geographic ancestral ties as Plaintiff’s husband.
Woman sues after learning ‘anonymous’ sperm donor was her own fertility doctor|Rachel Weiner|November 19, 2020|Washington Post
Hence none felt any qualm as to the strong measures to be adopted towards the hostile sharer of the secret.
Aletta|Bertram Mitford
There is another very important sharer in distribution—the interest-taker.
Consumers and Wage-Earners|J. Elliot Ross
His face was bright and eager; he was full yet of the pleasure of the evening, and anxious to make her a sharer of it.
The Wayfarers|Mary Stewart Cutting
I have often desired, ladies, to be a sharer in the good fortune of the man whose story I am about to relate to you.
The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. I. (of V.)|Margaret, Queen Of Navarre
But now, Little Jim seemed suddenly to have become an actual companion, a partner, a sharer in things as they were and were to be.
Partners of Chance|Henry Herbert Knibbs

British Dictionary definitions for share (1 of 2)

share¹

/ (ʃɛə) /

noun

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 profitsSee also ordinary shares, preference shares

go shares informal to share (something) with another or others

verb

(tr often foll by out) to divide or apportion, esp equally

(when intr, often foll by in) to receive or contribute a portion ofwe can share the cost of the petrol; six people shared in the inheritance

to join with another or others in the use of (something)can I share your umbrella?

Derived forms of share

sharable or shareable, adjectivesharer, noun

Word Origin for share

Old English scearu; related to Old Norse skor amount, Old High German scara crowd; see shear

British Dictionary definitions for share (2 of 2)

share²

/ (ʃɛə) /

noun

short for ploughshare

Word Origin for share

Old English scear; related to Old Norse skeri, Old High German scaro

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