sharing

1. 1.

   unselfishly willing to share with others

   “a warm and sharing friend”

   Similarunselfish

Other forms of sharing

plural

sharings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sharing

What does sharing mean?

sharing means "using or enjoying something jointly with others". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sharing?

sharing has 2 syllables: shar-ing. The stress falls on "shar". In IPA it is /ˈʃɛɹɪŋ/.

What is another word for sharing?

Close synonyms include communion, share-out. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sharing a common word?

sharing is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.