What part of speech is shares?

Shares can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. shares is a verb, present, 3rd person singular of share (infinitive).
  • 2. shares is a noun, plural of share.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

What does shares mean?

Definitions

Verb

share - give out as one's portion or share
share - use jointly or in common
share - have in common; "Our children share a love of music"; "The two countries share a long border"
share - communicate; "I'd like to share this idea with you"
share - have, give, or receive a share of; "We shared the cake"

Noun

share - assets belonging to or due to or contributed by an individual person or group; "he wanted his share in cash"
share - the allotment of some amount by dividing something; "death gets more than its share of attention from theologians"
share - the part played by a person in bringing about a result; "I am proud of my contribution in advancing the project"; "they all did their share of the work"
share - a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil

Examples of shares

#   Sentence  
1. noun After the split Dow Stock there are 120 shares.
2. noun How many of Dad's shares do you have?
3. noun $101m - Amount Lay made from selling his Enron shares just before the company went bankrupt.
4. noun A record number of shares changed hands in busy trading as prices soared to a historic high.
5. noun The company bought shares in the venture.
6. noun The company shares give a high yield.
7. noun You could see the elation in the president's face when he announced that our shares are going to be listed on the First Section of the TSE next year.
8. noun Yesterday's turnover on the stock market was 500 million shares.
9. noun I own 1,000 shares of NTT stock.
10. noun I went shares with my cousin in the profits.
11. noun I went out on a limb and bought 500 shares of Sony stock.
12. noun We purchased 10,000 shares of the General Motors stock.
13. noun The turnover was 500 million shares.
14. noun The Recruit scandal is a corruption scandal concerning public officials and politicians who accepted as bribes undisclosed shares from the RecruitCoscom company. The shares had been rising steadily.
15. noun China shares borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia and Russia.
16. verb Everyone in the apartment shares the kitchen.
17. verb He shares a room.
18. verb Dorenda really is a nice girl. She shares her cookies with me.
19. verb The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite.
20. verb A household is a group that shares the same living space and finances.
21. verb Germany shares a border with the Netherlands.
22. verb Germany shares a border with France.
23. verb France shares a border with Spain.
24. verb She lives in a tiny room that she shares with another student.
25. verb She shares a room with her sister.
26. verb He shares a room with his brother.
27. verb Tom shares a room with his brother.
28. verb There are so many things that can be shared by a group that has the ability to create what it shares.
29. verb Tom shares his office with Mary.
30. verb Tom shares a bedroom with his brother.
Sentence  
noun
After the split Dow Stock there are 120 shares.
How many of Dad's shares do you have?
$101m - Amount Lay made from selling his Enron shares just before the company went bankrupt.
A record number of shares changed hands in busy trading as prices soared to a historic high.
The company bought shares in the venture.
The company shares give a high yield.
You could see the elation in the president's face when he announced that our shares are going to be listed on the First Section of the TSE next year.
Yesterday's turnover on the stock market was 500 million shares.
I own 1,000 shares of NTT stock.
I went shares with my cousin in the profits.
I went out on a limb and bought 500 shares of Sony stock.
We purchased 10,000 shares of the General Motors stock.
The turnover was 500 million shares.
The Recruit scandal is a corruption scandal concerning public officials and politicians who accepted as bribes undisclosed shares from the RecruitCoscom company. The shares had been rising steadily.
China shares borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mongolia and Russia.
verb
Everyone in the apartment shares the kitchen.
He shares a room.
Dorenda really is a nice girl. She shares her cookies with me.
The aim of jazz is the mechanical reproduction of a regressive moment, a castration symbolism. 'Give up your masculinity, let yourself be castrated,' the eunuchlike sound of the jazz band both mocks and proclaims, 'and you will be rewarded, accepted into a fraternity which shares the mystery of impotence with you, a mystery revealed at the moment of the initiation rite.
A household is a group that shares the same living space and finances.
Germany shares a border with the Netherlands.
Germany shares a border with France.
France shares a border with Spain.
She lives in a tiny room that she shares with another student.
She shares a room with her sister.
He shares a room with his brother.
Tom shares a room with his brother.
There are so many things that can be shared by a group that has the ability to create what it shares.
Tom shares his office with Mary.
Tom shares a bedroom with his brother.

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