share — English Dictionary

Noun

1. A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.

   Examples

   Each of the robbers took a share of the loot.

   The TV programme was cancelled because it only gained a 10% share of that night's viewing audience.

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   SWR has more than its fair share of major national events. As well as the [Queen's] funeral and the coronation in the past 12 months, annual events include racing at Ascot, grand slam tennis at Wimbledon, and rugby internationals at Twickenham.

2. A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.

3. A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.

   Examples

   Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.

4. The action of sharing something with other people via social media.

   Examples

   Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.

5. The sharebone or pubis.

   Examples

   1606: translation by Philemon Holland of Suetonius, De vita Cæsarum [Domitian 17] — [H]ee stabbed him beneth in the very share neere unto his privie parts.

Verb

1. To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.

2. To have or use in common.

   Examples

   to share a shelter with another

   They share a language.

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   While Avarice and Rapine ſhare the Land.

   Thanks to that penny he had just spent so recklessly [on a newspaper] he would pass a happy hour, taken, for once, out of his anxious, despondent, miserable self. It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.

   The Kleine Scheidegg is quite a colony, with its railway station, shared by the Wengernalp and Jungfrau Railways, its commodious station buffet and two large hotels.

3. To divide and distribute.

   Examples

   [S]uppose I ſhare my Fortune equally between my own Children, and a Stranger whom I take into my Protection; will that be a Method to unite them?

4. To tell to another.

   Examples

   He shared his story with the press.

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   The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […] offering services that let you[…]“share the things you love with the world” and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better than your rivals at undermining people's control of their own attention.

5. To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media.

   Examples

   to share a folder, a screen

   to share a video, a playlist

Noun

1. The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.

   Examples

   The golden harvest, of a mellow brown, Upturn'd so lately by the fearful share.

Verb

1. To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.

   Usage

   • Obsolete
   • Transitive

   Examples

   The shar'd visage hangs on equal sides.

Noun

1. assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

   Synonyms

   portionpartpercentage

   Broader terms

   assets

   Examples

   he wanted his share in cash

2. any of the equal portions into which the capital stock of a corporation is divided and ownership of which is evidenced by a stock certificate

   Broader terms

   stock certificatestock

   Examples

   he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price

3. the allotment of some amount by dividing something

   Synonyms

   parcelportion

   Broader terms

   allotmentapportionmentapportioningallocationparcelingparcellingassignation

   Examples

   death gets more than its share of attention from theologians

4. the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

   Synonyms

   contributionpart

   Broader terms

   attempteffortendeavorendeavourtry

   Examples

   I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project

   they all did their share of the work

5. a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

   Synonyms

   plowshareploughshare

   Broader terms

   wedge

Verb

1. have in common

   Broader terms

   overlap

   Examples

   Our children share a love of music

   The two countries share a long border

2. use jointly or in common

   Broader terms

   useutilizeutiliseapplyemploy

3. have, give, or receive a share of

   Synonyms

   partakepartake in

   Broader terms

   getacquire

   Examples

   We shared the cake

4. give out as one's portion or share

   Synonyms

   divvy upportion outapportiondeal

   Broader terms

   distributegive outhand outpass out

5. communicate

   Broader terms

   communicateintercommunicate

   Examples

   I'd like to share this idea with you