SHARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does share mean? 

• SHARE (noun)
  The noun SHARE has 5 senses:

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

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

3. the allotment of some amount by dividing something

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

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

  Familiarity information: SHARE used as a noun is common.

• SHARE (verb)
  The verb SHARE has 5 senses:

1. have in common

2. use jointly or in common

3. have, give, or receive a share of

4. give out as one's portion or share

5. communicate

  Familiarity information: SHARE used as a verb is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHARE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Synonyms:

part; percentage; portion; share

Context example:

he wanted his share in cash

Hypernyms ("share" is a kind of...):

assets (anything of material value or usefulness that is owned by a person or company)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "share"):

interest; stake ((law) a right or legal share of something; a financial involvement with something)

allocation; allotment (a share set aside for a specific purpose)

cut (a share of the profits)

profit sharing (a system in which employees receive a share of the net profits of the business)

split (a promised or claimed share of loot or money)

piece; slice (a share of something)

allowance (an amount allowed or granted (as during a given period))

ration (a fixed portion that is allotted (especially in times of scarcity))

way (a portion of something divided into shares)

dole (a share of money or food or clothing that has been charitably given)

dispensation (a share that has been dispensed or distributed)

tranche (a portion of something (especially money))

Holonyms ("share" is a part of...):

earnings; lucre; net; net income; net profit; profit; profits (the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses))

Derivation:

share (have, give, or receive a share of)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

Context example:

he bought 100 shares of IBM at the market price

Hypernyms ("share" is a kind of...):

stock; stock certificate (a certificate documenting the shareholder's ownership in the corporation)

Holonyms ("share" is a part of...):

stock (the capital raised by a corporation through the issue of shares entitling holders to an ownership interest (equity))

Sense 3

Meaning:

The allotment of some amount by dividing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

parcel; portion; share

Context example:

death gets more than its share of attention from theologians

Hypernyms ("share" is a kind of...):

allocation; allotment; apportioning; apportionment; assignation; parceling; parcelling (the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan)

Derivation:

share (give out as one's portion or share)

share (have, give, or receive a share of)

Sense 4

Meaning:

The effort contributed by a person in bringing about a result

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

contribution; part; share

Context example:

they all did their share of the work

Hypernyms ("share" is a kind of...):

attempt; effort; endeavor; endeavour; try (earnest and conscientious activity intended to do or accomplish something)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "share"):

end (the part you are expected to play)

Sense 5

Meaning:

A sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ploughshare; plowshare; share

Hypernyms ("share" is a kind of...):

wedge (something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them)

Holonyms ("share" is a part of...):

moldboard plow; mouldboard plough (plow that has a moldboard)

• SHARE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they share    ... he / she / it shares   
Past simple: shared   
Past participle: shared   
-ing form: sharing   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have in common

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Context example:

The two countries share a long border

Hypernyms (to "share" is one way to...):

overlap (coincide partially or wholly)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "share"):

partake (have some of the qualities or attributes of something)

osculate (have at least three points in common with)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something

Derivation:

sharing (having in common)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Use jointly or in common

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Hypernyms (to "share" is one way to...):

apply; employ; use; utilise; utilize (put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "share"):

double up (share a room or a bed designed for only one person)

pool (combine into a common fund)

communalise; communalize (make something the property of the commune or community)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sharing (using or enjoying something jointly with others)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Have, give, or receive a share of

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

partake; partake in; share

Context example:

We shared the cake

Hypernyms (to "share" is one way to...):

acquire; get (come into the possession of something concrete or abstract)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "share"):

cut in (allow someone to have a share or profit)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

share (the allotment of some amount by dividing something)

share (assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group)

sharer (someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Give out as one's portion or share

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

apportion; deal; divvy up; portion out; share

Hypernyms (to "share" is one way to...):

distribute; give out; hand out; pass out (give to several people)

"Share" entails doing...:

divide; part; separate (come apart)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Derivation:

share (the allotment of some amount by dividing something)

sharer (someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share)

sharing (a distribution in shares)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Communicate

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

I'd like to share this idea with you

Hypernyms (to "share" is one way to...):

communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

sharing (sharing thoughts and feelings)

 Context examples 

A male who shares with his sibling the genetic makeup inherited from one or both of their shared biological parents.

(Biological Brother, NCI Thesaurus)

A female relative who is a sibling of either of the biological parents, and who share a common ancestor.

(Biological Aunt, NCI Thesaurus)

It was not mere curiosity, though I have my share of that.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

A female relative who is a sibling of the biological mother, and who both share a common ancestor.

(Biological Maternal Aunt, NCI Thesaurus)

It was very clear to me that if dangers lay before us I could not in all England have found a cooler head or a braver spirit with which to share them.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He is deeply interested in South African gold shares.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Upon administration, this vaccine may stimulate anti-tumoral cytotoxic T-cell and antibody responses to melanoma cells bearing shared melanoma antigens such as MelanA/MART-1, gp100, MAGE3, resulting in tumor cell lysis.

(Autologous Dendritic Cell-Allogeneic Melanoma Tumor Cell Lysate Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

Nothing remained of last night but remembrances, which she had nobody to share in.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

"I see I must come to an explanation. I don't know what sphynx-like expression is forming in your countenance. You are to share my solitude. Do you understand?"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

A male relative who is a sibling of the biological mother, and who both share a common ancestor.

(Biological Maternal Uncle, NCI Thesaurus)