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# 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#m1)

2) In British English, the shopping is the things you have bought, especially food. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#m2)

3) Shopping also means buying online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#x1)
- Can you help me carry the shopping? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#x2)
- Write milk on the shopping list. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#x3)
- The shopping came to £24.60. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#x4)
- Mum does the shopping online. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#x5)
- Push the shopping trolley carefully. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#x6)
- We went window shopping at the mall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#x7)
- Don't buy anything online without asking a parent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#x8)
- 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#x9)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/14-stop-think-check-ask/10/)
- [If you use the last of something, tell someone or write it on the shopping list.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/119-bedroom-living-room-and-manners/11/)
- [A girl in Ohio ignored a "wet floor" sign at the shopping centre; she slipped and broke her wrist.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/120-home-myths-first-aid-and-warnings/15/)
- [Change from shopping you were sent to do belongs to the person who gave you the money.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/15/)
- [Mia had really been at the shopping centre with kids she'd been told to keep away from.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/431-when-the-story-falls-apart/2/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «shopping» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.