Meaning

6 senses

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

    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.

    Anteil, Teil

    до́ляdólja, частьčastʹ, пайpaj

    до́ляdólja, ча́сткаčástka, части́наčastýna

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

    Aktie

    а́кцияákcija

    а́кціяákcija

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

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

    Freigabe

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

  5. The sharebone or pubis.

    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.

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

More definitions
  • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group
  • 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
  • the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result
  • the allotment of some amount by dividing something

Examples

1876 sentences

  1. Why don't we share a room?

    Чому б нам не скористатися тою самою кімнатою? — deniko

    deWarum teilen wir uns nicht ein Zimmer? — Zaghawa

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  2. Tom shared his lunch with Mary.

    Том поділився обідом із Мері. — deniko

    ruТом поделился своим обедом с Мэри. — odexed

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  3. Tom doesn't seem to share that view.

    Том, здається, не поділяє цієї думки. — deniko

    ruТом вроде как не разделяет подобный взгляд. — carlosalberto

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  4. She shared her piece of cake with me.

    Вона поділилася зі мною шматком пирога. — deniko

    ruОна разделила свой кусок пирога со мной. — shanghainese

    deSie teilte ihr Stück Kuchen mit mir. — freddy1

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  5. Did you have to share a room with your brother?

    Ти був вимушений жити в одній кімнаті зі своїм братом? — deniko

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
portion of something:
financial instrument:
Русский
By meaning 2
portion of something:
financial instrument:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
portion of something:
financial instrument:
computing: configuration enabling sharing of resources:

Origin

From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English sċearu (“a cutting, shaving, a sheari

From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English sċearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”).

From Middle English schar, schare, from Old English sċear, sċær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), dialectal German Schar (“ploughshare”), Danish (plov)skær (“ploughshare”). More at shear.

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Forms

plural: shares
Singularshare
Pluralshares

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group:portionpartpercentage
  • the effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result:contributionpart
  • the allotment of some amount by dividing something:parcelportion
  • a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil:plowshareploughshare

Word family

64 related words
Derivedangels' sharebikesharebottle sharebroadsharecapital sharecodesharedown-shareelective shareequity sharefair shareflatsharegolden sharegroundsharehomesharehousesharejobsharelabor sharelabour shareleonine sharelion's sharemarket sharemindshareordinary sharephantom share

Collocations

12 patterns
  • share a room
  • want to share
  • share an an
  • share a bedroom
  • share your enthusiasm
  • thanks for sharing
  • to share a
  • like to share
  • share of the
  • share the same
  • have to share
  • shared the cost

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shapelessshapeshiftshardshareholdershariashark

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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