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# supermarket

noun (supermarket, supermarkets)

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

## Everyday

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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/supermarket/#m1)

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

## On Mova

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