rideshare

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noun

A ridesharing arrangement in which people travel together.

“The neighbors decided on a rideshare to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day.”

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Meanings

nounrideshare (plural rideshares)

plural rideshares

  1. A ridesharing arrangement in which people travel together.

    The neighbors decided on a rideshare to get their kids to school, so that they wouldn't each have to drive every day.

  2. A taxi or minicab hired through a ridesharing app.

    He took an Uber rideshare to the other side of town.

    2022 November 9, S.L. Ditmars, Big Dogs, WildBlue Press, →ISBN
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    Like a sleepwalker, he got into the rideshare and sat in the back seat, his arms folded around the envelope.

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verbrideshare (third-person singular simple present rideshares, present participle ridesharing, simple past and past participle rideshared)

present singular third person rideshares · participle present ridesharing · participle past rideshared · past rideshared

  1. intransitiveTo participate in ridesharing.
  2. intransitivetransitiveTo work or gig as a rideshare driver.

Origin

From ride + share.

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Translations

Finnish kimppakyyti
  • kimppakyytitravel arrangement
French covoiturage
  • covoituragetravel arrangement
Cite this entry
APA

rideshare. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rideshare

MLA

“rideshare.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rideshare. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “rideshare,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/rideshare.

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