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SHOPPING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Searching for or buying goods or services
Example:
does her shopping at the mall rather than down town
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("shopping" is a kind of...):
buying; purchasing (the act of buying)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shopping"):
marketing (shopping at a market)
Derivation:
shop (do one's shopping)
shop (shop around; not necessarily buying)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The commodities purchased from stores
Example:
women carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("shopping" is a kind of...):
commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb shop
Context examples:
Disability Assessment for Dementia (DAD) Adequately organize an outing with respect to transportation, keys, destination, weather, necessary money, shopping list?
(DAD - Adequately Organize an Outing with Respect to Transportation, Keys, Destination, Weather, Money, Shopping List, NCI Thesaurus)
Instrumental activities of daily living are activities related to independent living and include preparing meals, managing money, shopping, doing housework, and using a telephone.
(Activities of daily living, NCI Dictionary)
They were taught to make adjustments of about 100 calories a day through both their diet (select lower calorie drinks, reduce portion sizes) and physical activity (use stairs, park further away from stores when shopping).
(Strategies successfully reduce weight gain in young adults, NIH)
Mrs. St. Clair had her lunch, started for the City, did some shopping, proceeded to the company’s office, got her packet, and found herself at exactly 4:35 walking through Swandam Lane on her way back to the station.
(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
An adverse event for which only minimal, local, or noninvasive intervention (e.g. packing, cautery) is indicated; or that limits instrumental activities of daily living (ADLs, e.g., shopping, laundry, transportation, or ability to conduct finances).
(Moderate Adverse Event, NCI Thesaurus)
When we come out of the supermarket and think about where we left the car, for example, we only need to recall where we parked the car today, rather than being distracted by recalling every single time we came to do our shopping.
(Selective amnesia: how rats and humans are able to actively forget distracting memories, University of Cambridge)
This would be a great time to go shopping for new things to wear to the parties on your social calendar.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
We must go shopping tomorrow afternoon, Meg.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
In years past, I warned you against shopping on those days, for Mercury was still retrograde.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
What happy times they had planning together, what solemn shopping excursions, what funny mistakes they made, and what shouts of laughter arose over Laurie's ridiculous bargains.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
