SHARED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shared mean? 

• SHARED (adjective)
  The adjective SHARED has 2 senses:

1. have in common; held or experienced in common

2. distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose

  Familiarity information: SHARED used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHARED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Have in common; held or experienced in common

Context example:

a shared interest in philately

Similar:

common; mutual (common to or shared by two or more parties)

joint (affecting or involving two or more)

Also:

joint (united or combined)

Antonym:

unshared (not shared)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose

Synonyms:

divided; divided up; shared; shared out

Similar:

distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)

 Context examples 

They have similar and distinctive features in their lifestyle habits and shared experiences.

(Ethnic Group, NCI Thesaurus)

A collection of a patient’s medical information in a digital (electronic) form that can be viewed on a computer and easily shared by people taking care of the patient.

(Electronic medical record, NCI Dictionary)

I grew dreadfully afraid, and the horses shared my fear.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

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

(Biological Sister, NCI Thesaurus)

However, it stays so close to its companion star, that it takes about 7.8 days to orbit around the pair's shared centre.

(Astronomers discover smallest known star, Wikinews)

“These new self-regulation approaches, which can easily and cost-effectively be shared to help prevent weight gain in young adults, could have a significant impact on our public health.”

(Strategies successfully reduce weight gain in young adults, NIH)

The three species last shared a common ancestor between 1.2 and 0.4 million years ago.

(Extinct Caribbean bird yields DNA after 2,500 years in watery grave, National Science Foundation)

The F box complex that degrades E2F-1 contains components shared with the complexes that target other cell cycle factors for degradation.

(E2F1 Degradation Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A set of people with some shared element.

(Community, NCI Thesaurus)

The researchers varied the percentage of shared components among the vials from no overlap to more than 90% overlap.

(Humans Can Identify More Than 1 Trillion Smells, NIH, US)