/ʃeə/
Translation
To let someone else have or use part of what you have.
Word origin
From Old English scearu, meaning a part or a cutting into parts.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- scearu
Grammar
Examples
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"Share" means to give some of your food to other people.
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"Shares" is the form used with he, she, or it.
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"Shared" is the past form of "share".
To "share" means to let someone else have or use part of what you have, such as your food, your toys, or a room. When people share, each person gets a part.
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(1)Grammar articles
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Mixed conditionals in English: past causes with present results, and present causes with past results
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Participle clauses in English: -ing and -ed clauses, and the dangling participle trap
Phrasal verbs exercises: 80 questions with answers
Question tags in English: the mirror rule, aren't I, and tags after let's and imperatives
Word formation in English: how suffixes build word families and give away the part of speech
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