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| share [ sher ] |
verb (past and past participle shared, present participle shar·ing, 3rd person present singular shares) |
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1. transitive and intransitive verb use something along with others: to have or use something in common with other people
  We shared an apartment.
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2. transitive and intransitive verb take responsibility together: to take equal responsibility for something along with other people
We shared the blame.
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3. transitive and intransitive verb let somebody use something: to allow somebody to use something or have part of something
I shared my ice cream with him.
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4. transitive verb divide something equally between people: to allocate equal parts of something to different people or groups
She shared out the money among her six grandchildren.
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5. transitive verb have similar feeling or experience: to have something the same as or in common with somebody else
He shared my view that the plan would not work.
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6. transitive verb tell somebody something: to express something to another person rather than keeping silent
Do you want to share your feelings?
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noun (plural shares) |
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1. part of something allotted: a part of something that is owned by, paid for by, done by, or set aside for each of several people
He hasn't had his share of the cake.
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2. finance part of company's stock: any of the equal, usually small, parts into which a company's capital stock is divided
100 shares of General Motors
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3. reasonable or appropriate portion: the portion that somebody deserves or should be responsible for
She does more than her share of the work.
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| [ Old English scearu "division, portion" < Indo-European, "to cut"] |
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| shar·er noun |
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share, divide up, allocate, allot, distribute, dispense, dole out
CORE MEANING: to give something to or divide it between different people or groups
share to divide something, especially equally, between different people or groups;
Occasionally the role of chairperson may be shared between several people.
The new agreement calls for added revenue to be shared equally among the players.
divide up to divide something into several parts;
There is no way of dividing up the work that will satisfy everybody.
allocate to divide something and give it for a specific purpose, or to divide something between different people or groups;
allocate funds for recurrent expenditures
Warranties serve as a means of allocating business risk between the vendor and the purchaser.
allot to give something to somebody as a share of what is available or what has to be done;
We rejected the plan, which would allot us control of 49 percent of the undertaking.
Some tasks now allotted to local government might more efficiently be handled by the state
distribute to give things to a number of people;
The remaining funds will be distributed among good causes around the world.
The premier's speech was distributed to reporters beforehand.
dispense to give a service or advice to several recipients;
the agency responsible for dispensing nonmilitary foreign aid
The prime role of the law courts is to dispense justice.
dole out (informal) to give something to each of a group of people;
Dad began to dole out the oatmeal from the saucepan.
a need to dole out sympathy to the losers of today's game |
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