to share

Examples

• All

• So let me just try and share my screen.

• A teacher asked her students to share their favorite books during class.

• It's, it's like how we use e-mail to share stories together.

• And not everyone is going to share, unfortunately.

• You got to share some of the responsibility here.

  Eating Miss Campbell (2022)

• I think parents need to stop sharing so much online.

• I wish I had someone with whom I could share adventures.

  Jubilee

• Use these sites as you help share your expertise with your colleagues and students!

  Academic text (2011)

• Many of the maps can be viewed and shared in a PDF format.

  Academic text (2011)

• Sue creates planning sheets and reports mainly for herself, but shares them readily with others.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

D

to distribute

vsto share

232 2.7

Make something available for people to buy or use

is used for joint use among people rather than broad public release

P

to pass on

vsto share

134 2.7

To give something to another person, often information or a message

involves mutual use or enjoyment rather than a one-way handover

D

to divvy up

vsto share

• Informal

10 4.2

Share things or money between several people

is about letting people use or enjoy something together rather than giving parts

A

to apportion

vsto share

8 7.0

To divide something and give parts to different people or groups

focuses on mutual use and enjoyment rather than formal allocation

P

to pass around

vsto share

4 2.0

Make information spread among many people

lets people use or enjoy something together rather than only moving it around

P

to portion out

vsto share

1 3.4

To divide something into parts and give each part to different people

is about letting people use or enjoy together rather than assigning parts

Antonyms

K

to keep to oneself

27 5.4

To not tell others your thoughts or feelings

Idioms

L

lion's share

• Informal

20 3.8

The largest part of something that goes to one person or group

S

share and share alike

1 3.4

Give everyone an equal part

Phrasal Verbs

S

to share experience

27 3.0

To tell others what you learned from your life or work to help them

S

to share a laugh

• Informal

2 2.2

To laugh together with someone about something funny

Compounds

E

earning per share

• Specialized

5 5.5

The profit a company makes for each share of its stock

B

bearer share

• Archaic

1 9.9

A share certificate that has no owner's name and makes the person who holds it the owner

S

share-out

1 3.5

Dividing something into parts and giving each person a part

F

founders' share

• Specialized

8.4

A special part of a company given to the people who started it that gives extra votes

How Much

to give away

233 2.0

to share

∞ 1.0

to split

513 1.3

to lend

262 1.0

to keep

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology