Sharing
n.kind, joyfulwarm
Meaning 1
The act of giving others access to resources, time, knowledge, or experience.
Reach for it when praising generous access that respects consent and ownership
Sharing tools allowed three small farms to avoid new debt.
Choose between these
4- everyday
lending
when temporary use with expected return is central
not when Lending is only one kind of sharing.
- warm
when willing ample giving is central
not when Generosity can transfer ownership rather than share use.
- professional
co-ownership
when legal joint ownership is exact
not when Sharing does not always confer ownership.
- professional
distribution
when allocation among recipients is the practical action
not when Distribution can be unequal or compulsory.
Meaning 2
The act of communicating information, feelings, or experience.
Reach for it when describing voluntary disclosure suited to the audience
Her sharing of the failed results saved another team a month.
Choose between these
5- everyday
exchange
when information or experience moves both ways
not when Sharing need not receive anything in return.
- warm
confiding
when private trust supports personal disclosure
not when Confiding is intimate and unsuitable for public data.
- warm
storytelling
when experience is communicated through narrative
not when Storytelling can reshape facts and is not every form of sharing.
- professional
communication
when transfer of information is the broad idea
not when Communication can be one-way and impersonal.
- professional
disclosure
when making information known is precise
not when Disclosure can be mandatory or harmful.
Said against
4- hoarding
- withholding
- secrecy
- silence
It naturally appears in
4- resource sharing
Resource sharing gave every workshop access to the expensive saw.
- knowledge sharing
Knowledge sharing reduced repeated maintenance errors.
- sharing of experience
The sharing of experience made the new carers feel less isolated.
- fair sharing
Fair sharing begins with agreement about the scarce resource.
Where this comes from
- wiktionary, English noun sense 1: giving part or use of something to others opens in a new tab for meaning 1 · retrieved 2026-07-26
- wiktionary, English noun sense 2: communicating or disclosing opens in a new tab for meaning 2 · retrieved 2026-07-26
The definition and the example on this page are written here. The dictionaries above ground which meaning is being described, not the wording.