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to reshare

to reshare

1 3.3
To post something again so other people can see it
  • verb
  • /ˌriːˈʃɛr/
  • Texting
translation icon : volver a compartir
  • And she'll repost and retweet and reshare and Yik Yak and whatever you kids are doing these days, she's on it.

Examples

  • Go up and down your stream right now and reshare neat things, comment, click the link, read the story, comment on other people's comments, or mention others who might like that post.

    Blog text (15)
  • She often reshares articles that she finds interesting to encourage discussion among her friends.

  • Social media enables people to share their stories and reshare others' stories.

    Blog text (29)
  • Having looked at all my writing tonight, here are three quick posts from the beginning of the blog that I think are nice to reshare:

    Blog text (10)
  • It is a great read, and so I thought I'd reshare it.

    Blog text (29)
  • Instead of sharing to Twitter, just share to these apps, choose from a list of predefined sizes, and reshare to Twitter.

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  • Given the shifts in credibility assessment in decentralized information environments, an average user is likely to run into news or information from journalists that others have reshared.

    Academic text (2016)
  • I shared a video (below) on Facebook, which was then reshared by a friend who is in a humanities PhD program asking his science colleagues what they thought.

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  • Many users liked my post and decided to reshare it on their profiles.

  • To spread awareness, please reshare the charity event poster on your social media.

Synonyms

to repost
vsto reshare
  • Texting
22 2.8

To share something again on social media

is the general act of sharing online again not one platform term
to retweet
vsto reshare
  • Texting
22 2.6

To share someone else's tweet so people who follow you can see it

is sharing again online generally rather than only on one platform
to reblog
vsto reshare
  • Texting
1 3.9

To share someone else's post on your blog or social account

is sharing again online generally rather than specifically in blogs
to recirculate
vsto reshare
1 4.7

To send information or papers to people again

is sharing again on online platforms rather than wide physical redistribution
to retransmit
vsto reshare
1 6.0

To send or broadcast something again, for example by radio

is sharing again by posting or forwarding online rather than technical rebroadcast
to repin
vsto reshare
  • Jargon
1 7.0

To save someone else's image or post again to your board on Pinterest

is sharing again online broadly not limited to saving images to collections

Antonyms

210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

How Shared

to promote
252 3.5
to reshare
  • Texting
1 3.3
to forward
128 2.5

Surface Forms

reshare infinitive
reshared past
reshared past participle
resharing present participle
reshares third person singular

Morphology

reshare = share (transparent) = re + share

The meaning is a straightforward repetition of the verb 'share', especially in the common digital sense of posting content again.

Etymology

Reshare comes from the parts re- 'again' and share. Think of it as sharing something one more time, especially by posting or forwarding it again online.