shareverb
uk/ʃeər/us/ʃer/A2 [ I or T ] to have or use something at the same time as someone else:
A2 [ I or T ] to divide food, money, goods, etc. and give part of it to someone else:
B2 [ I or T ] If two or more people share an activity, they each do some of it:
B1 [ I or T ] If two or more people or things share a feeling, quality, or experience, they both or all have the same feeling, quality, or experience:
C1 [ T ] to tell someone else about your thoughts, feelings, ideas, etc.:
[ T ] to put something on a social media website so that other people can see it, or to let other people see something that someone else has put on a website :
More examples
- We'll share the cost between us.
- I hate having to share a bathroom.
- I don't share my boyfriend's love of sport.
- They share the same high ideals.
- We share an interest in gardening.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sharing
- allocate
- allot
- allotment
- apportion
- cake
- distribution
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- divvy
- divvy sth up
- double up
- Dutch
- half
- joint
- middle
- ration sth out
- redistribute
- share and share alike idiom
- share-out
- shareable
- split
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Idiom(s)
sharenoun
uk/ʃeər/us/ʃer/share noun (PART)
B2 [ C or U ] a part of something that has been divided between several people:
B2 [ C or U ] a part of something that several people are involved in:
More examples
- Our share of the market has decreased sharply this year.
- We are aiming for a 50 percent share of the German market.
- I'm willing to do my fair share of the work.
- The party's share of the vote rose from 11 percent in the last election to 21 percent this time.
- I took my share of the profits.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Sharing
- allocate
- allot
- allotment
- apportion
- cake
- distribution
- divide/split (sth) down the middle idiom
- divvy
- divvy sth up
- double up
- Dutch
- half
- joint
- middle
- ration sth out
- redistribute
- share and share alike idiom
- share-out
- shareable
- split
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share noun (PART OF A BUSINESS)
C2 [ C ] one of the equal parts that the ownership of a company is divided into, and that can be bought by members of the public:
More examples
- She buys and sells stocks and shares.
- They bought some shares on the London stock exchange.
- Following a tip-off from a friend, we sold all our shares in the company.
- On London's Stock Exchange, 18.5 million shares were traded yesterday.
- The company's shares are now virtually worthless.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Stock markets
- arbitrage
- bear
- bourse
- buy-in
- cash out sth
- dead cat bounce
- dividend
- Dow Jones
- haircut
- intangible asset
- investment
- mature
- maturity
- negotiable
- portfolio
- rogue trader
- speculation
- stockbroker
- stockholder
- trading
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share noun (SOCIAL MEDIA)
[ C ] an occasion when someone shares something on a social media website: