Sharing
['ʃɛrɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) a distribution in shares.
(noun.) having in common; 'the sharing of electrons creates molecules'.
(noun.) using or enjoying something jointly with others.
(adj.) unselfishly willing to share with others; 'a warm and sharing friend' .
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Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Share
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Examples
- Her honest ostentatious nature made the sharing of a merited dishonor as bitter as it could be to any mortal. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- Besides, I choose to please myself by sharing an idea that at this moment beams in your mother's eye while she looks at you. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- In short, we want to cheer your daughter, and to give her the opportunity of sharing such pleasures as we are a going to take ourselves. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Sharing in actual pursuit, whether directly or vicariously in play, is at least personal and vital. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- He had already narrated the adventure which had brought about Fred's sharing in his work, but had kept back the further result. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The events in question occurred in the early days of my association with Holmes, when we were sharing rooms as bachelors in Baker Street. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- From the pressure of Holmes's shoulder against mine, I knew that he was sharing my observations. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The men were without food the entire time, sharing only a small bottle of water among them. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Vitruvius was far from sharing the view of Archimedes that art which was connected with the satisfaction of daily needs was necessarily ignoble and vulgar. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- It nearly came to our sharing the fate of the prisoners, but at last he said that if we wished we might take a boat and go. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I imagine her jealous of compromising her pride, of relinquishing her power, of sharing her property. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Learning by direct sharing in the pursuits of grown-ups becomes increasingly difficult except in the case of the less advanced occupations. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- I shall share no man's or woman's life in this world, as you understand sharing. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Her father is all for himself in his views and against sharing her with any one. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- SECONDLY, To the expectation of advantage from the rich and powerful by our sharing their possessions. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
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