shopping

«shopping» in Mova's school dictionary: going to shops to buy things — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (shopping — uncountable); verb form (shop, shops, shopped, shopping)

meaning for a pupil

1) Shopping means going to shops to buy things. tree →

2) In British English, the shopping is the things you have bought, especially food. tree →

3) Shopping also means buying online. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, families go food shopping and make shopping lists; children learn to compare prices and count change. In maths, shopping problems ask about totals, change, discounts and budgets: if a book costs £3.50 and you pay with a £5 note, your change is £1.50. In safety, stay near your adult in shops, and online shopping needs a parent's permission. Phrases: go shopping, do the shopping, shopping list, shopping centre (mall), shopping trolley (cart), window shopping.

examples

• We go shopping on Saturday mornings. tree →
• Can you help me carry the shopping? tree →
• Write milk on the shopping list. tree →
• The shopping came to £24.60. tree →
• Mum does the shopping online. tree →
• Push the shopping trolley carefully. tree →
• We went window shopping at the mall. tree →
• Don't buy anything online without asking a parent. tree →
• She had never been there before, and when she had finished her shopping, she thought she would pay a visit to her unknown sister-in-law, and rest for a bit. tree →

note

Shop doubles the p: shopped, shopping. «Shopping» is uncountable: «a lot of shopping», not «shoppings». British «shopping centre» = American «mall»; British «trolley» = American «cart». In money problems, add the prices to find the total, then subtract from the money paid to find the change.

In the corpora

• Voice assistants can be linked to shopping accounts, so grown-ups should set a PIN for purchases.
• If you use the last of something, tell someone or write it on the shopping list.
• A girl in Ohio ignored a "wet floor" sign at the shopping centre; she slipped and broke her wrist.
• Change from shopping you were sent to do belongs to the person who gave you the money.
• Mia had really been at the shopping centre with kids she'd been told to keep away from.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «shopping» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.