shopping

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun searching for or buying goods or services
noun the commodities purchased from stores; women carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance"
verb do one's shopping

By surface analysis, shop + -ing.

There's the fruit of my shopping." — From Place to Place, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
We must go shopping tomorrow afternoon, Meg. — Little Women, Louisa May Alcott
Shopping was a delight of brisk conferences. — Main Street, Sinclair Lewis

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