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- [shair]
- /ʃɛər/
- /ʃeər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [shair]
- /ʃɛər/
Definitions of sharing word
- noun sharing the full or proper portion or part allotted or belonging to or contributed or owed by an individual or group. 1
- noun sharing one of the equal fractional parts into which the capital stock of a joint-stock company or a corporation is divided. 1
- noun sharing Digital Technology. a digital file or document that can be accessed by specific users on a computer network, as for viewing, downloading, or making changes to it: I just sent you a share—can you improve the second paragraph? an act of sharing online content with specific users on a computer network: You can do a video share with friends and family. 1
- verb with object sharing to divide and distribute in shares; apportion. 1
- verb with object sharing to use, participate in, enjoy, receive, etc., jointly: The two chemists shared the Nobel prize. 1
- verb with object sharing Digital Technology. to give specific users access to (online content), as by posting it on a social media website or sending it as an email attachment: to share photos on Instagram; a shared spreadsheet. 1
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Origin of sharing
First appearance:
before 1325 One of the 16% oldest English words
1325-75; Middle English (noun) “cutting, division”; Old English scearu “fork of the body, groin”; cognate with Dutch schaar, German Schar “troop.” See shear
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Parts of speech for Sharing
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
sharing popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
sharing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for sharing
adj sharing
- animalistic — If you describe a person or their behaviour as animalistic, you mean that they do not try to hide or control their basic feelings and physical needs.
- generative — capable of producing or creating.
- genitive — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, used primarily to express possession, measure, or origin: as John's hat, week's vacation, duty's call.
noun sharing
- consociation — the act of uniting in association.
- distribution — an act or instance of distributing.
- allocation — An allocation is an amount of something, especially money, that is given to a particular person or used for a particular purpose.
- cohabitation — the state or condition of living together in a conjugal relationship without being married
- dividing — Serving to divide or separate.
Antonyms for sharing
noun sharing
- consortia — a combination of financial institutions, capitalists, etc., for carrying into effect some financial operation requiring large resources of capital.
- consortium — A consortium is a group of people or firms who have agreed to co-operate with each other.
- copyright — If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission.
- monopoly — exclusive control of a commodity or service in a particular market, or a control that makes possible the manipulation of prices. Compare duopoly, oligopoly.
- oligopoly — the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors. Compare duopoly, monopoly (def 1).
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