shopping
/'ʃɔpiɳ/
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Definition
- Noun:
- The activity of visiting stores to look at or buy goods: "Shopping" refers to the act of going to shops or browsing online to purchase items or services.
- The goods that have been purchased: "Shopping" can also refer to the items themselves that have been bought during a shopping trip.
Examples of Usage
- Noun (Activity):
- I need to do the weekly grocery shopping. (I need to buy food and other household items for the week.)
- Online shopping has become very popular. (Buying goods via the internet has become very common.)
- Noun (Goods Purchased):
- She put all her shopping away in the kitchen. (She stored all the items she bought in the kitchen.)
- Can you help me carry the shopping? (Can you help me carry the bags of things I bought?)
Advanced Usage
- "to go shopping": to leave one's home to visit stores with the intent to buy things.
- They went shopping for new clothes.
- "window shopping": the activity of looking at goods in store windows without intending to buy anything.
- We had no money, so we just went window shopping.
Variants and Related Words
- Shopper (n): a person who is shopping.
- The mall was full of shoppers.
- Shop (v): to visit stores to buy goods.
- We shopped for hours.
Synonyms
- Retail therapy: Humorous term for shopping with the aim of improving one's mood.
- To browse: to look at goods in a casual way, without an immediate intent to buy.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Shop around: to compare prices and quality at different stores before buying.
- It's wise to shop around before buying a car.
Related Idioms
- "When the going gets tough, the tough go shopping": A humorous saying suggesting that shopping is a way to cope with difficult situations.
Noun
- the commodities purchased from stores
- she loaded her shopping into the carwomen carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance
- searching for or buying goods or services
- went shopping for a reliable plumber
- does her shopping at the mall rather than down town