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SHARING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A distribution in shares
Synonyms:
share-out; sharing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("sharing" is a kind of...):
distribution (the act of distributing or spreading or apportioning)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sharing"):
generosity; unselfishness (acting generously)
gift; giving (the act of giving)
Derivation:
share (give out as one's portion or share)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Sharing thoughts and feelings
Synonyms:
communion; sharing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("sharing" is a kind of...):
intercourse; social intercourse (communication between individuals)
Derivation:
share (communicate)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having in common
Example:
the sharing of electrons creates molecules
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("sharing" is a kind of...):
interdependence; interdependency; mutuality (a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups))
Derivation:
share (have in common)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Using or enjoying something jointly with others
Classified under:
Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas
Hypernyms ("sharing" is a kind of...):
interdependence; interdependency; mutuality (a reciprocal relation between interdependent entities (objects or individuals or groups))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sharing"):
time sharing ((computer science) the use of a central computer by many users simultaneously)
Derivation:
share (use jointly or in common)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unselfishly willing to share with others
Example:
a warm and sharing friend
Classified under:
Similar:
unselfish (disregarding your own advantages and welfare over those of others)
III. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb share
Context examples:
He acknowledged that, but he had a feeling that he was not sharing his work with her for the purpose of schoolroom correction.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
This promotes efficient sharing and flow of information between mother and infant.
(Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy, University of Cambridge)
Now a new study in Science provides evidence that the process of sharing DNA may be far more common than thought, offering a potential clue to how biodiversity unfolded.
(Study reveals surprising amount of gene flow among butterfly species, National Science Foundation)
A relative who is the offspring of a sibling of the biological father and thus sharing a common ancestor.
(Biological Paternal Cousin, NCI Thesaurus)
They anticipate arraying (and sharing) cDNA libraries from additional species over time.
(Integrated Molecular Analysis of Genomes and their Expression Consortium, NCI Thesaurus)
To have a connection by participation or association or use; sharing in an activity or process.
(Involvement, NCI Thesaurus)
This can result from sharing space with a smoker or from placental transfer from mother to fetus.
(Passive Smoke Exposure, NCI Thesaurus)
Different ways the virus is spread include sharing needles with an infected person and being stuck accidentally by a needle contaminated with the virus.
(HBV, NCI Dictionary)
A physical connection between two atoms or radicals in which a chemical bond is formed by sharing electrons.
(Covalent Interaction, NCI Thesaurus)
A relative who is the offspring of a sibling of the biological mother and thus sharing a common ancestor.
(Biological Maternal Cousin, NCI Thesaurus)
