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# supermarket

«supermarket» in Mova's school dictionary: **a big shop where you can buy food, drinks and many other…** — 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 (supermarket, supermarkets)

### meaning for a pupil

A supermarket is a big shop where you can buy food, drinks and many other things for the home, taking them from shelves and paying at a checkout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

Maths: the place of buying and selling; prices, items bought, change; comparing prices, special offers («buy 2, get 1 free»), weighing fruit by the kilogram. Everyday: trolley (US: cart), basket, aisle, checkout, self-checkout, shopping list.

### examples

- Mom bought 6 eggs at the supermarket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#x1)
- The supermarket sells apples for 50 cents each. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#x2)
- The supermarket has 12 rows of shelves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#x3)
- He spent 25 dollars at the supermarket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#x4)
- Pass me a trolley, please. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#x5)
- The milk is in the last aisle of the supermarket. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#x6)
- Pay at the checkout. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#x7)
- The supermarket has a special offer: three for two. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#x8)

### note

Countable: a supermarket, supermarkets. A place word; the buying tells the operation: items × price for the cost, money minus cost for change. Trap: «three for two» means you pay for 2 and get 3.

### In the corpora

- [Supermarkets are designed to make people buy more than they planned, with offers, smells and treats by the tills.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/12-cars-chores-and-the-shopping-list/12/)
- [Vivid example: in Leeds, Charlie points at a film box in the supermarket.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/57-age-ratings-and-why-they-exist/4/)
- [Supermarket eggs never hatch because the hens live without a cockerel, and a hen lays about one egg a day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/33-birds-feathers-wings-eggs-and-flight/9/)
- [In Boston people stare at them in the supermarket.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/522-adoption/25/)
- [Corner shops often charge more than big supermarkets because they buy smaller amounts and stay open late near you; you pay for convenience.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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