shopping
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shopping
- /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ UK
- /ˈʃɑpɪŋ/ US
Rhymes with -ɒpɪŋ
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, shop + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of shop
noun shoppings
- The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy. On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.
- Recently bought goods. I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.
- An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop. Boston has good shopping.
- Placement in a workshop for overhaul. 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.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: shopper, marketing, errand, grocery, store, supermarket, teleshopping, retail, market, trading, mall, trade, sourcing, commerce, business, plaza
Translations
Every language
noun activity of buying
| Español | shopping, compra |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 쇼핑 syoping, 물건사기 mulgeonsagi, 장보기 jangbogi |
| 日本語 | 買い物 kaimono, ショッピング shoppingu |
| 中文 | 買東西 /买东西 mǎi dōngxi, 購物 /购物 gòuwù, 血拼 xuèpīn, 瞎拼 xiāpīn |
| हिन्दी | ख़रीदारी xarīdārī, ख़रीद xarīd |
| Português | compras |
| Français | shopping, courses, magasinage |
| Deutsch | Einkaufen, Einkauf, Einkäufe, Shopping, Shoppen |
| Italiano | shopping, acquisti |
| Ελληνικά | ψώνια psónia |
| Română | cumpărături |
| Русский | поку́пка pokúpka, поку́пки pokúpki, шо́ппинг šópping, ку́пля kúplja |
| Tiếng Việt | sự đi mua hàng, mua sắm |
| العربية | تَسَوُّق tasawwuq, شِرَاء širāʔ |
Talk about this word "shopping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/shopping. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. shopping. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/shopping "shopping." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/shopping.Cite this
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title = {shopping},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/shopping},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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