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Definition of shopping in English: shoppingnoun ˈʃɒpɪŋˈʃɑpɪŋ 1mass noun, often as modifier The action or activity of buying goods from shops. shopping is so exhausting—all those decisions! as modifier a busy shopping area Example sentencesExamples - Saturday shopping can be a nightmare, especially if you have a baby to look after.
- Connaught Avenue, the town's main shopping street, was busy throughout, despite the weather.
- For most people, shopping is a chore.
- The holidays are over, but the post-holiday sales are spurring plenty of shopping activity.
- "Shopping takes your mind away from the stress," she said.
- Prague is rapidly improving as a centre for shopping.
- An additional escalator will be installed to take people up to the new shopping area.
- One of Ilkley's busiest shopping streets will become one-way for three weeks as major work begins to revamp the street.
- A power cut on the busiest shopping day of the week affected both businesses and residents in Kendal.
- For your shopping convenience, the 18 units can be had for a sweet $16 million.
- Traders in Maldon Road are furious and say the development would destroy their businesses by cutting them off from Witham's main shopping area.
- There really is only so much shopping people can do.
- The centre is a big part of Bradford's shopping area so it isn't good that some shops are empty.
- Ensure that you buy all the heaviest items first without any regard for the rest of your shopping activities.
- The demonstration spilled out of the square, and we started marching up Pride Hill, Shrewsbury's busiest shopping street.
- Our obsession with shopping is standing in the way of financial security.
- The shopping promotion runs until the end of August.
- The company says the modest increase in the size of the store would provide a more modern shopping environment for customers with wider aisles and more room to circulate.
- Look at your eating style and shopping and cooking techniques.
- Further on was a busy little shopping district with fancy storefronts that could have come directly from the any of the big cities on the coast.
Synonyms acquisition, investment, buy, order, deal, bargain, property, asset, possession, holding - 1.1 Goods bought from shops, especially food and household goods.
Example sentencesExamples - Here the tourists fight for seats with the elderly locals, usually weighed down with dozens of bags of shopping.
- I winced as I remembered the number of times I'd walked the long walk up the hill to my room with bags of shopping.
- Discouraged I walked on towards home, bags of heavy shopping in my hands.
- The only evidence of them staying up late was the bags of shopping that were on the table.
- It was Christine's mum, carrying with her the smell of cheap perfume and three carrier bags of shopping from Tesco's.
- She was seen heaving heavy bags of shopping through the Christmas crowds in North London three days after giving birth to her first child.
- I am not sure if I will be able to cope with overcrowded trains and a big bag of shopping.
- I took that everywhere with us and I'd set it up in the hotel room and I'd come back with my carrier bags of shopping and cook.
- A neighbour claimed to have seen her carrying bags of shopping which have never been found.
- Redmond also visited a cash and carry where he purchased his weekly shopping on Kennedy's account.
- He pushed her over so he could steal her bag of shopping, her purse and money, before he fled, leaving her lying injured on the ground.
- This snazzy function will appeal to anyone who has ever dug for a key in the rain while holding seven carrier bags of shopping.
- Coming the other direction were loads of people all carrying huge bags of shopping and duvets bought at Morrisons.
- Over the last month I've made much use of the mammoth boot although I have found that, given its flat floor, bags of shopping can slide around unless you make use of the restraining hooks.
- I took him straight back to camp and he took a bag of my shopping with him so the guards would think he had just been down to the shops.
- His parents were as usual arguing when they got home, snapping at each other as they carried bags of shopping in from the car.
- In one wave of her hand and a stifled laugh she explained the ridiculous situation of having done her shopping on a day that was snowing like crazy, and having to make her way home with full bags of shopping.
- Then they walked back out to the car, Victoria laden with three bags of shopping, and drove back to the school.
- So today, I'm walking down the street, carrying a few bags of shopping.
- When carrying any kind of weight be it heavy bags of shopping or children, always keep it close to you body
Synonyms task, job, chore, assignment
Definition of shopping in US English: shoppingnounˈSHäpiNGˈʃɑpɪŋ 1often as modifier The action or activity of purchasing goods from stores. shopping is so exhausting—all those decisions! Example sentencesExamples - Connaught Avenue, the town's main shopping street, was busy throughout, despite the weather.
- Prague is rapidly improving as a centre for shopping.
- The company says the modest increase in the size of the store would provide a more modern shopping environment for customers with wider aisles and more room to circulate.
- The demonstration spilled out of the square, and we started marching up Pride Hill, Shrewsbury's busiest shopping street.
- For your shopping convenience, the 18 units can be had for a sweet $16 million.
- Traders in Maldon Road are furious and say the development would destroy their businesses by cutting them off from Witham's main shopping area.
- An additional escalator will be installed to take people up to the new shopping area.
- Further on was a busy little shopping district with fancy storefronts that could have come directly from the any of the big cities on the coast.
- The shopping promotion runs until the end of August.
- The centre is a big part of Bradford's shopping area so it isn't good that some shops are empty.
- Our obsession with shopping is standing in the way of financial security.
- A power cut on the busiest shopping day of the week affected both businesses and residents in Kendal.
- Ensure that you buy all the heaviest items first without any regard for the rest of your shopping activities.
- The holidays are over, but the post-holiday sales are spurring plenty of shopping activity.
- "Shopping takes your mind away from the stress," she said.
- There really is only so much shopping people can do.
- For most people, shopping is a chore.
- Look at your eating style and shopping and cooking techniques.
- Saturday shopping can be a nightmare, especially if you have a baby to look after.
- One of Ilkley's busiest shopping streets will become one-way for three weeks as major work begins to revamp the street.
Synonyms acquisition, investment, buy, order, deal, bargain, property, asset, possession, holding - 1.1 Goods bought from stores, especially food and household goods.
I unloaded all the shopping Example sentencesExamples - When carrying any kind of weight be it heavy bags of shopping or children, always keep it close to you body
- A neighbour claimed to have seen her carrying bags of shopping which have never been found.
- This snazzy function will appeal to anyone who has ever dug for a key in the rain while holding seven carrier bags of shopping.
- His parents were as usual arguing when they got home, snapping at each other as they carried bags of shopping in from the car.
- Then they walked back out to the car, Victoria laden with three bags of shopping, and drove back to the school.
- It was Christine's mum, carrying with her the smell of cheap perfume and three carrier bags of shopping from Tesco's.
- Here the tourists fight for seats with the elderly locals, usually weighed down with dozens of bags of shopping.
- He pushed her over so he could steal her bag of shopping, her purse and money, before he fled, leaving her lying injured on the ground.
- I winced as I remembered the number of times I'd walked the long walk up the hill to my room with bags of shopping.
- In one wave of her hand and a stifled laugh she explained the ridiculous situation of having done her shopping on a day that was snowing like crazy, and having to make her way home with full bags of shopping.
- She was seen heaving heavy bags of shopping through the Christmas crowds in North London three days after giving birth to her first child.
- Discouraged I walked on towards home, bags of heavy shopping in my hands.
- The only evidence of them staying up late was the bags of shopping that were on the table.
- Coming the other direction were loads of people all carrying huge bags of shopping and duvets bought at Morrisons.
- I took that everywhere with us and I'd set it up in the hotel room and I'd come back with my carrier bags of shopping and cook.
- Redmond also visited a cash and carry where he purchased his weekly shopping on Kennedy's account.
- I am not sure if I will be able to cope with overcrowded trains and a big bag of shopping.
- So today, I'm walking down the street, carrying a few bags of shopping.
- I took him straight back to camp and he took a bag of my shopping with him so the guards would think he had just been down to the shops.
- Over the last month I've made much use of the mammoth boot although I have found that, given its flat floor, bags of shopping can slide around unless you make use of the restraining hooks.
Synonyms task, job, chore, assignment
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