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Shopping

//ˈʃɒpɪŋ// noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy. uncountable, usually

    "On Saturdays we usually do the shopping."

  2. 2
    searching for or buying goods or services wordnet
  3. 3
    Recently bought goods. uncountable, usually

    "I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs."

  4. 4
    the commodities purchased from stores wordnet
  5. 5
    An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop. uncountable, usually

    "Boston has good shopping."

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  1. 6
    Placement in a workshop for overhaul. uncountable, usually

    "The five roller-bearing A1s are now averaging 120,000 miles between shopping; this figure is an improvement of about 50 per cent on the norm of other ex-L.N.E. Pacific types."

Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of shop form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

By surface analysis, shop + -ing.

Etymology 2

By surface analysis, shop + -ing.

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