verb
- Have in common.
- usage: "Our children share a love of music"; "The two countries share a long border"
- synonyms: share
- Use jointly or in common.
- synonyms: share
- Have, give, or receive a share of.
- usage: "We shared the cake"
- synonyms: partake, share, partake in
- Give out as one's portion or share.
- synonyms: share, divvy up, portion out, apportion, deal
- Communicate.
- usage: "I'd like to share this idea with you"
- synonyms: share
adjective
- Have in common; held or experienced in common.
- usage: "two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei"; "a shared interest in philately"
- Distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose.
- synonyms: divided, divided up, shared out
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