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to share

to share

1.0
To have the same quality or interest as someone
  • verb
  • /ʃɛr/
translation icon : compartir
  • You meet up with random people and share an experience.
  • share a common interest
  • share experiences
  • share an interest

But what Reed has and what we share is he cares.

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Examples

  • I believe we share a common interest, Mr Newton: photography.

  • Listen, it takes time to share your entire life with your fans.

  • So what does it mean to to share this experience with him?

  • By God, I have come to share with you the great news.

  • You share such a history, such a personal history.

  • So do you think we all share the same consciousness?

  • The one thing Kelly and her students did share was an intense passion for pop culture.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Today, Russia and the United States share few interests and even fewer priorities.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Anybody else at the EPFL want to share any experiences?

  • We can all share our thoughts on the new project during the meeting.

Antonyms

256 4.2

To keep someone or something apart from others

To not tell others your thoughts or feelings

Idioms

lion's share
  • Informal
20 3.8

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

Give everyone an equal part

Phrasal Verbs

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

to share a laugh
  • Informal
2 2.2

To laugh together with someone about something funny

Compounds

earning per share
  • Specialized
5 5.5

The profit a company makes for each share of its stock

bearer share
  • Archaic
1 9.9

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

1 3.5

Dividing something into parts and giving each person a part

founders' share
  • Specialized
8.4

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

How Similar

to match
841 1.0
to share
1.0
to relate
317 2.2
to differ
152 2.6

Surface Forms

share infinitive
shared past
shared past participle
sharing present participle
shares third person singular

Etymology

Share originally meant a piece cut from something, so when people share a quality or interest they each have a 'part' of it. That's why to share something in common is to hold that part together.