noun / verb · neutral
share
UK/ʃeə/US/ʃer/SHARE
task1
the part or amount of something that is owned, used, or recorded
Examples
“Market share”
“to share the data”
“a large share of students”
Band 8 sentence
“The chart indicates that the company's market share expanded markedly between 2010 and 2015, largely at the expense of smaller competitors.”
Collocations
- market share
- share of
- a large/small share
Word family
share nshare vshared adj / v
Common mistakes
share the market→share of the market
a share was 20%→its share was 20%
Say it for a higher band
5part→6portion→7+share
Synonyms
portion
slice
Easily confused
portion
“A large portion of the budget was spent on technology.”
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