Definitions

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  • adjective Used by multiple entities or for multiple purposes or in multiple ways.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of share.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective distributed in portions (often equal) on the basis of a plan or purpose
  • adjective have in common; held or experienced in common

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Examples

  • To put everything into a nutshell, Sacks and Fathers & Families are strong proponents of the concept of shared parenting, which is a concept that all children of divorce should be ’shared equally’ by both parents.

    Apologists for Deadbeat Dads 2009

  • This shared sense or fear of exclusion created some limited “shared interests’ around which unity was built.

    Women Marching into the African Century 2001

  • One has to remember the fact that if the Republicans can not reduce the deficit squarely on the backs of the working and middle class it's of no interest to them, they know exactly what the term "shared sacrifice" means and they want no part of it.

    msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines 2011

  • Daniel not his name shared his understanding of the emergence of Temple Grandin's compassion for cows, and human beings, a reality made possible only through the empowerment of her mother's extraordinary patience and love.

    Doug Demeo: Inmates And Landscapes Doug Demeo 2011

  • Oooh: “Pain shared is halved; joy shared is limitless.”

    Sufficient Unto This Day | Her Bad Mother 2009

  • For some reason or another, this is the title shared by a lurid horror magazine we all know, and an equally lurid radio show from the 30's.

    Archive 2006-03-01 hyperdave 2006

  • For some reason or another, this is the title shared by a lurid horror magazine we all know, and an equally lurid radio show from the 30's.

    Another "Lucky" 13 - Witches' Tales! (Repost) hyperdave 2006

  • For some reason or another, this is the title shared by a lurid horror magazine we all know, and an equally lurid radio show from the 30's.

    Witches' Tales! hyperdave 2005

  • For some reason or another, this is the title shared by a lurid horror magazine we all know, and an equally lurid radio show from the 30's.

    Archive 2005-10-01 hyperdave 2005

  • Kevin still harbors his adolescent desire to see his name shared with a doomed redshirted ensign in an Original Series novel.

    Home Fires Dayton Ward 2003

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