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shared

shared

1 1.0
Used, held, or felt by more than one group of people
  • adjective
  • /ʃɛrd/
translation icon : compartido
  • They created a shared folder online to collaborate on their project.
  • shared records
  • shared task
  • shared inquiry

I can use your eyes to evaluate our shared focus.

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Examples

  • I can use your eyes to evaluate our shared focus.

  • Take a look at this unique home shared by Cali on TikTok.

  • There is a global moment shared by all of us, right?

  • That piece of negative information is shared across all the groups.

  • This present is about our connection and our shared love for junk.

  • It's conversation for the sake of shared and sustained action.

  • It was kind of a shared chat room space.

  • The ICPSR portion of the Shared Records Project generated several benefits.

    Academic text (2013)
  • The Shared Records Program has allowed the TRLN libraries to build experience and expertise to address these concerns.

    Academic text (2013)
  • In 2010, the Shared Records Pilot Task Group extended this shared catalog concept to the individual bibliographic record level.

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

common
vsshared
1.0

Shared by two or more people

is broader, meaning any use or experience by more than one person or group
joint
vsshared
571 3.5

Shared by two or more groups

can mean simply being held or experienced by more than one party
in common
vsshared
450 1.0

Something that people, groups, or things share

is the same meaning but expressed as a phrase rather than an adjective
mutual
vsshared
404 2.8

Shared and felt equally by two or more people together

is about being experienced without implying equal or reciprocal parts
collective
vsshared
240 3.9

Shared by all members of a group acting together

does not require every member's involvement, only more than one
communal
vsshared
41 3.9

Shared by all people in a group, like a garden or food

is wider, applying whenever more than one person or group is involved

Antonyms

1.8

For one person or group only and not open to others

1 5.9

One person or group keeps it and does not give it to others

Compounds

An interest two or more people feel excited about

Knowledge that a group of people has and uses together

8.1

A right for more than one person to use part of another person's land for access or utilities

How Shared

public
1.0
communal
41 3.9
shared
1 1.0
private
1.8

Surface Forms

shared positive

Morphology

shared = share (transparent) = share + ed

The adjective is formed from the past participle of 'share' and its meaning ('held or experienced by more than one') follows directly from 'share'.

Etymology

Shared comes from the old idea of cutting something into parts; the verb share used to mean giving each person a 'part' or 'piece'. So when something is shared, it is used or enjoyed by more than one person.