share
UK/ʃɛə/
More pronunciations (1)Fewer pronunciations
British/ʃɛː/
share noun: a portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
Noun (1)
share (plural shares)
- A portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- Each of the robbers took a share of the loot.
- The TV programme was cancelled because it only gained a 10% share of that night's viewing audience.
- A financial instrument that shows that one owns a part of a company that provides the benefit of limited liability.
- A configuration enabling a resource to be shared over a network.
- Upload media from the browser or directly to the file share.
- The action of sharing something with other people via social media.
- Social media is supervisual, and there's nothing more shareable than images, so this is a way to increase shares and likes and follows.2016, Brooke Warner, Green-Light Your Book
- The sharebone or pubis.
- 1606: translation by Philemon Holland of Suetonius, De vita Cæsarum [Domitian 17] — [H]ee stabbed him beneth in the very share neere unto his privie parts.
Verb (1)
share (third-person singular simple present shares, present participle sharing, simple past and past participle shared)
- To give part of what one has to somebody else to use or consume.
- To have or use in common.
- to share a shelter with another
- They share a language.
- To divide and distribute.
- [S]uppose I ſhare my Fortune equally between my own Children, and a Stranger whom I take into my Protection; will that be a Method to unite them?1708 December 15 (Gregorian calendar; date written), [Jonathan Swift], A Letter from a Member of the House of Commons in Ireland to a Member of the House of Commons in England, Concerning the...
- To tell to another.
- He shared his story with the press.
- The dirty secret of the internet is that all this distraction and interruption is immensely profitable. Web companies like to boast about […] offering services that let you[…]“share the things you love with the world” and so on. But the real way to build a successful online business is to be better...2013 May 10, Oliver Burkeman, “The tao of tech”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 27
- To allow public or private sharing of resources in a network, or content on social media.
- to share a folder, a screen
- to share a video, a playlist
Noun (2)
share (plural shares)
- The cutting blade of an agricultural machine like a plough, a cultivator or a seeding-machine.
- The golden harvest, of a mellow brown,
Upturn'd so lately by the fearful share.1785, William Cowper, The Task, Book IV
- The golden harvest, of a mellow brown,
Verb (2)
share (third-person singular simple present shares, present participle sharing, simple past and past participle shared)
- To cut; to shear; to cleave; to divide.
- The shar'd visage hangs on equal sides.1697, Virgil, “(please specify the book number)”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Share
Share (plural Shares)
- A surname.
share meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
share in Hindi
- portion of something
- हिस्सा hissā, अंश añś, भाग bhāg, क़िस्मत qismat
- financial instrument
- अंश añś, शेयर śeyar, हिस्सा hissā
- to divide and distribute
- बँटना bãṭnā
share in Tamil
- portion of something
- பங்கு paṅku, கூறு kūṟu
- financial instrument
- பங்கு paṅku
- internet: action of sharing
- பகிர்வு pakirvu
- to give
- பகிர் pakir
share in Marathi
- a share or stake in a partnership
- भागी bhāgī
share in Urdu
- portion of something
- حِصَّہ hissa, قِسْمَت qismat
- financial instrument
- حِصَّہ hissa
- to divide and distribute
- بانٹنا bā̃ṭnā
More languagesFewer languages
- share in Bengali
- স্বত্বপত্র śottopotro
- share in Telugu
- పాలు pālu, విభాగము vibhāgamu, అంశము aṁśamu, వంతు vantu
- share in Malayalam
- ഓഹരി ōhari, കൂറ് kūṟŭ, കിസ്മത്ത് kismattŭ, പങ്കിടുക paṅkiṭuka
- share in Kannada
- ಭಾಗ, ಹಸುಗೆ, ಹಿಸ್ಸೆ, ಅಂಶ
- share in Punjabi
- ਭਾਗ bhāg
- share in Gujarati
- ફાળો phāḷo, ભાગ bhāg, હિસ્સો hisso, હક hak
- share in Odia
- ଅଂଶୀଦାର କରନ୍ତୁ, ବାଣ୍ଟନ୍ତୁ, ସେଯ଼ାର କରନ୍ତୁ
- share in Sanskrit
- अंश aṃśa
- share in Nepali
- साझा गर्नुहोस्, बाँड्नुहोस्, साझेदारी गर्नुहोस्
- share in Pashto
- سهم sahm
- share in Arabic
- نَصِيب naṣīb, حِصَّة ḥiṣṣa, جُزْء juzʔ, سَهْم sahm
- share in Malay
- saham
- share in Indonesian
- saham
- share in Thai
- ส่วน sùuan, ส่วนแบ่ง sùuan-bɛ̀ng, หุ้น hûn, แชร์ chɛɛ
- share in Vietnamese
- phần, bộ phận, chia sẻ, cổ phần
- share in Myanmar
- အဖို့ a.hpui., အပိုင်း a.puing:, ရှယ်ယာ hraiya
Examples of share in a sentence
- SWR has more than its fair share of major national events.2023 July 26, Paul Clifton, “A (safe and secure) Day at the Races...”, in RAIL, number 988, page 35:
- While Avarice and Rapine ſhare the Land.a. 1675, John Milton, On the Lord General Fairfax at the Siege of Colchester; republished in A Complete Collection of the Historical...
- It irritated him shrewdly to know that these moments of respite from carking care would not be shared with his poor wife, with careworn, troubled Ellen.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter I, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The...
- The Kleine Scheidegg is quite a colony, with its railway station, shared by the Wengernalp and Jungfrau Railways, its commodious station buffet and two large hotels.1960 December, Voyageur, “The Mountain Railways of the Bernese Oberland”, in Trains Illustrated, page 752:
Forms of share
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | shares |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | shares |
| present participle | sharing |
| past participle | shared |
| past | shared |
| second-person singular present (archaic) | sharest |
| second-person singular past (archaic) | sharedst |
| third-person singular present (archaic) | shareth |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Shares |
Origin of share
From Middle English schare, schere, from Old English sċearu (“a cutting, shaving, a shearing, tonsure, part, division, share”), from Proto-West Germanic *skaru, from Proto-Germanic *skarō (“a division, detachment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut, divide”). Cognate with Saterland Frisian skar, sker (“a share in a communal pasture”), Dutch schare (“share in property”), German Schar (“band, troop, party, company”), Icelandic skor (“department”). Compare shard, shear. Doublet of eschel.
From Middle English schar, schare, from Old English sċear, sċær (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Germanic *skaraz (“ploughshare”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut”). Cognate with Dutch schaar (“ploughshare”), dialectal German Schar (“ploughshare”), Danish (plov)skær (“ploughshare”). More at shear.
* As an English surname, perhaps a variant of Shear. * As a Serbo-Croatian surname, Americanized from Šare, Sare.
Words formed from share
- a problem shared is a problem halved
- a sorrow shared is a sorrow halved
- a trouble shared is a trouble halved
- bedshare
- beshare
- broadshare
- carshare
- codeshare
- flatshare
- groundshare
- jobshare
- misshare
- overshare
- pre-shared
- pre-shared key
- reshare
- screenshare
- sharable
- share a bed
- shareability
- shareable
- sharebait
- sharecrop
- sharecropping
- shared-nothing
- shared pointer
- shared service
- shared universe
- sharee
- sharefarmer
- sharefarming
- share forward accumulator
- shareherding
- sharehome
- sharehouse
- share in
- shareland
- sharemate
- sharemilk
- sharemilker
- sharemilking
- sharent
- sharenting
- share out
- sharer
- sharesies
- share up
- shareware
- sharing economy
- sharity
- sharrow
- show and share
- undershare
- unshare
- ploughshare
- plowshare
- sharebeam
- angel's share
- angels' share
- bikeshare
Phrases with share
- fair share
- mind share
- share beam
- share book
- share code
- share herd
- share milk
- share taxi
- wage share
- labor share
- share beams
- share books
44 more phrasesFewer phrases
- share codes
- share herds
- share house
- share milks
- share split
- share taxis
- usage share
- bottle share
- equity share
- golden share
- labour share
- lion's share
- market share
- profit share
- screen share
- share broker
- share herded
- share herder
- share houses
- share milked
- share milker
- share splits
- capital share
- leonine share
- phantom share
- share account
- share brokers
- share capital
- share economy
- share herders
- share herding
- share milkers
- share milking
- elective share
- ordinary share
- pair and share
- share accounts
- share dilution
- share dilutions
- share economies
- preference share
- share of the pie
- share and share alike
- share forward accumulators
Words that rhyme with share
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- declare
- hair
- Sinclair
- where
- ayr
- care
- layer
- mayor
- parterre
- fare
- glare
- lair
- pear
- prayer
- snare
- compare
- dare
- rare
- swear
- ware
- wear and tear
- Ayer
- blare
- flair
- forbear
- Kerr
- laissez faire
- mousquetaire
- pare
- prepare
- repair
- stare
- unfair
- yare
- -ware
- abear
- aflare
- despair
- glair
- heir
- impair
- Pierre
- reair
- scare
- tare
- trillionaire
- Voltaire
- aware
Questions about share
- What does share mean?
- Share means a portion of something, especially a portion given or allotted to someone.
- What is share in Hindi?
- Share in Hindi is हिस्सा (hissā), अंश (añś), भाग (bhāg). See Share meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use share in a sentence?
- SWR has more than its fair share of major national events.
- What part of speech is share?
- Share can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce share?
- Share is pronounced /ʃɛə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of share?
- The plural of share is shares.
Words near share in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: share (page history and authors); Share (page history and authors); भागी (Marathi) (page history and authors); అంశము (Telugu) (page history and authors); ഓഹരി (Malayalam) (page history and authors); share (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ਭਾਗ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ફાળો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); share (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); share (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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