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# store

«store» in Mova's school dictionary: **a shop where people buy things (the usual word in…** — 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, verb (store, stores, stored, storing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A store is a shop where people buy things (the usual word in American English). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#m1)

2) To store means to keep things in a place until you need them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#m2)

3) A store is a supply kept for later: a store of food for winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#m3)

4) A storeroom is a room for keeping things. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#m4)

5) A department store is a big shop with many sections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: a shop where things are bought and sold, with prices and stock; or to keep things in boxes, jars or shelves: «stores 6 on each shelf» is a rate. Science: squirrels store nuts for winter; plants store food in roots. Computers: store files. Everyday: grocery store, store cupboard, «in store» (coming soon).

### examples

- The store has 40 apples. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#x1)
- Mom bought 3 shirts at the store. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#x2)
- The store sold 25 toys on Monday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#x3)
- He stores 6 jars on each shelf. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#x4)
- Squirrels store nuts for the winter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#x5)
- Store the milk in the fridge. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#x6)
- The computer stores all my photos. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#x7)
- Who knows what surprises are in store for us? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#x8)
- But there was another surprise and fright in store for them. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/store/#x9)

### note

Countable noun; verb stored, storing. As a shop it is the place of buying (money spent) and selling (stock goes down). «Stores 6 on each shelf» is a rate: shelves × 6. Trap: store (US) = shop (UK); «storey» (UK) is a floor of a building.

### In the corpora

- [Even when a bot forgets, the company may still store what you typed.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/12/)
- [Computers are fast at sums and storing facts but weak at common sense, such as knowing when a joke hurts someone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/3-sounding-right-and-being-right/15/)
- [What you type or upload may be stored by a company you have never met.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/12-keep-yourself-private-and-voices-that-lie/1/)
- [Circular breathing means breathing in through the nose while pushing out air stored in the cheeks, so the sound never stops.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/10-instruments-of-the-world-bandura-erhu-sitar-kora-didgeridoo/11/)
- [Research shows sleep helps the brain store new movement skills, so practice plus rest works better than practising tired for hours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/37-being-bad-at-something-and-keeping-going/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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