shared
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Used, held, or experienced jointly by two or more parties: Describes something that belongs to, is done by, or is felt by multiple people or groups together.
- Distributed among a group: Describes something that is divided and given out to multiple parties, often equally or according to a plan.
Examples of Usage
- Adjective:
- They have a shared responsibility for the project's success.
- We booked a shared apartment with a common kitchen.
- The company uses a shared drive where all employees can access the files.
- Their shared love of music brought them together.
Advanced Usage
- "shared experience": An event or situation that is lived through by multiple people, often creating a common bond.
- Surviving the challenging hike was a powerful shared experience for the team.
- "shared ownership": A legal arrangement where two or more parties hold the title to a property or asset.
- They entered into a shared ownership scheme to buy their first home.
- "shared values": Core principles or beliefs that are held in common by a group of people.
- The organization is built on a foundation of shared values like integrity and respect.
Variants and Related Words
- Share (verb): To have, use, or experience something jointly with others; to divide and distribute.
- The children were asked to share the toys.
- Share (noun): A part or portion of a larger whole that belongs to or is contributed by an individual.
- He sold his share of the business.
- Shareable (adjective): Suitable or intended for being shared.
- The article was highly shareable on social media.
Synonyms
- Common: Belonging to or involving multiple people.
- Joint: Shared, held, or done by two or more people together.
- Mutual: Held in common; experienced or done by each of two or more parties toward the other(s).
- Collective: Done by people acting as a group; shared by all members of a group.
Related Phrases
- Shared space: A physical or virtual area designed for use by multiple individuals or groups.
- The library's reading room is a quiet shared space.
- Shared economy: An economic system based on sharing access to assets or services (e.g., ride-sharing, home-sharing).
- Companies like Airbnb are part of the shared economy.
Related Idioms
- A problem shared is a problem halved: Saying that talking about a worry with someone else makes it easier to bear.
- Don't keep it to yourself; remember, a problem shared is a problem halved.
Adjective
- distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
- have in common; held or experienced in common
- two shared valence electrons forming a bond between adjacent nuclei
- a shared interest in philately