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# shopping

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

«shopping» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Shopping means going to shops to buy things. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#m2)
3. Shopping also means buying online. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/#m3)

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

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «shopping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shopping/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«shopping» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shopping.html) on Mova free.