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SHARED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
Synonyms:
divided; divided up; shared; shared out
Classified under:
Similar:
distributed (spread out or scattered about or divided up)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Have in common; held or experienced in common
Example:
a shared interest in philately
Classified under:
Similar:
common; mutual (common to or shared by two or more parties)
joint (affecting or involving two or more)
Also:
joint (united or combined)
Antonym:
unshared (not shared)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb share
Context examples:
Describes the process inside a cell that occurs when the same signal is shared by two or more signaling pathways.
(Cross-talk, NCI Dictionary)
I made it, and I've shared it with you.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A shared facility which provides services for DNA sequencing
(DNA Sequencing Facility, NCI Thesaurus)
A pattern of learned beliefs, values, and behavior that are shared within a group.
(Culture, NCI Thesaurus)
Yet scientists have been unable to determine whether this is due to the two conditions sharing common genetic factors or whether shared environmental factors provide the link.
(Inflammation links heart disease and depression, University of Cambridge)
A formal group of people with one or more shared goals.
(Other Agency or Organization, NCI Thesaurus)
My two natures had memory in common, but all other faculties were most unequally shared between them.
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
She shared in their attendance on Mrs. Bennet, and was a great comfort to them in their hours of freedom.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
I determined that the fate which he had given to others should be shared by himself.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If it were to be shared with the woman he loved, he could not think any man to be pitied for having that house.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
