Standard Lemma guide

shopping

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈʃɑpɪŋ/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɒpɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: SH AA1 P IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The process of buying goods or services, or searching for those suitable to buy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • On Saturdays we usually do the shopping.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Recently bought goods.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

An area's combination of stores and other infrastructure and products available for people who want to shop.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Boston has good shopping.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

Placement in a workshop for overhaul.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

verb

Meaning 5

present participle and gerund of shop

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

searching for or buying goods or services

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • went shopping for a reliable plumber
  • does her shopping at the mall rather than down town

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: buying, purchasing

Narrower terms: marketing

7

noun

Meaning 7

the commodities purchased from storeswomen carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance"

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she loaded her shopping into the car

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: commodity, trade good, good

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, shop + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: pazar — activity of buying
  • Arabic: تَسَوُّق (tasawwuq) — activity of buying
  • Arabic: شِرَاء (širāʔ) — activity of buying
  • Arabic: تسويق — activity of buying
  • Armenian: գնումներ (gnumner) — activity of buying
  • Armenian: շոփինգ (šopʻing) — activity of buying
  • Armenian: խրիդ (xrid) — activity of buying
  • Azerbaijani: alış-veriş — activity of buying
  • Basque: erosketa — activity of buying
  • Belarusian: ку́пля (kúplja) — activity of buying
  • Belarusian: паку́пкі (pakúpki) — activity of buying
  • Belarusian: шо́пінг (šópinh) — activity of buying
  • Bulgarian: пазару́ване (pazarúvane) — activity of buying
  • Bulgarian: паза́р (pazár) — activity of buying
  • Burmese: ဈေးဝယ် (jhe:wai) — activity of buying
  • Chinese Cantonese: 買嘢 /买嘢 (maai5 je5) — activity of buying
  • Chinese Cantonese: 購物 /购物 (kau3 mat6 / gau3 mat6) — activity of buying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 買東西 /买东西 (mǎi dōngxi) — activity of buying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 購物 /购物 (gòuwù) — activity of buying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 血拼 (xuèpīn) — activity of buying
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瞎拼 (xiāpīn) — activity of buying
  • Czech: nakupování — activity of buying
  • Czech: nákup — activity of buying
  • Danish: indkøb — activity of buying
  • Danish: shopping — activity of buying
  • Dutch: winkelen — activity of buying
  • Dutch: boodschappen doen — activity of buying
  • Dutch: inkoop — activity of buying
  • Estonian: ostud — activity of buying
  • Estonian: ostlemine — activity of buying
  • Estonian: šoppamine — activity of buying
  • Finnish: shoppailu — activity of buying
  • Finnish: ostoksilla käyminen — activity of buying
  • Finnish: ostaminen — activity of buying
  • Finnish: osteleminen — activity of buying
  • Finnish: shoppaileminen — activity of buying
  • Finnish: ostelu — activity of buying
  • French: shopping — activity of buying
  • French: courses — activity of buying
  • French: magasinage — activity of buying
  • Georgian: ყიდვა (q̇idva) — activity of buying
  • Georgian: შოპინგი (šoṗingi) — activity of buying
  • German: Einkaufen — activity of buying
  • German: Einkauf — activity of buying
  • German: Einkäufe — activity of buying
  • German: Shopping — activity of buying
  • German: Shoppen — activity of buying
  • Hindi: ख़रीदारी (xarīdārī) — activity of buying
  • Hindi: ख़रीद (xarīd) — activity of buying
  • Hungarian: vásárlás — activity of buying
  • Hungarian: bevásárlás — activity of buying
  • Icelandic: innkaup — activity of buying
  • Indonesian: belanja — activity of buying
  • Irish: siopadóireacht — activity of buying
  • Italian: shopping — activity of buying
  • Italian: acquisti — activity of buying
  • Japanese: 買い物 (kaimono) — activity of buying
  • Japanese: ショッピング (shoppingu) — activity of buying
  • Kazakh: сатып алу (satyp alu) — activity of buying
  • Korean: 쇼핑 (syoping) — activity of buying
  • Korean: 물건사기 (mulgeonsagi) — activity of buying
  • Korean: 장보기 (jangbogi) — activity of buying
  • Kyrgyz: сатып алуу (satıp aluu) — activity of buying
  • Latvian: pirkšana — activity of buying
  • Lithuanian: pirkimas — activity of buying
  • Macedonian: купување (kupuvanje) — activity of buying
  • Macedonian: пазарење (pazarenje) — activity of buying
  • Macedonian: шопинг (šoping) — activity of buying
  • Malay: beli-belah — activity of buying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: shopping — activity of buying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: innkjøp — activity of buying
  • Norwegian Bokmål: handling — activity of buying
  • Pashto: خريد (xarid) — activity of buying
  • Dari: خَرِید (xarīd) — activity of buying
  • Iranian Persian: خَرید (xarid) — activity of buying
  • Polish: zakupy — activity of buying
  • Polish: sprawunki — activity of buying
  • Polish: shopping — activity of buying
  • Portuguese: compras — activity of buying
  • Romanian: cumpărături — activity of buying
  • Russian: поку́пка (pokúpka) — activity of buying
  • Russian: поку́пки (pokúpki) — activity of buying
  • Russian: шо́ппинг (šópping) — activity of buying
  • Russian: ку́пля (kúplja) — activity of buying
  • Scots: messages — activity of buying
  • Serbo-Croatian: купо̀вина — activity of buying
  • Serbo-Croatian: шо̀пинг — activity of buying
  • Serbo-Croatian: kupòvina — activity of buying
  • Serbo-Croatian: šòping — activity of buying
  • Slovak: nakupovanie — activity of buying
  • Slovak: nákup — activity of buying
  • Slovene: nakupovanje — activity of buying
  • Spanish: shopping — activity of buying
  • Spanish: compra — activity of buying
  • Swedish: shopping — activity of buying
  • Swedish: inköp — activity of buying
  • Tagalog: pamimili — activity of buying
  • Tajik: харид (xarid) — activity of buying
  • Tamil: ஷாப்பிங் (ṣāppiṅ) — activity of buying
  • Thai: ชอปปิ้ง (chɔ́p-bpîng) — activity of buying
  • Thai: การซื้อของ — activity of buying
  • Turkish: alışveriş — activity of buying
  • Ukrainian: купі́вля (kupívlja) — activity of buying
  • Ukrainian: купува́ння (kupuvánnja) — activity of buying
  • Ukrainian: поку́пки (pokúpky) — activity of buying
  • Ukrainian: шо́пінг (šópinh) — activity of buying
  • Urdu: خَرِیداری (xarīdārī) — activity of buying
  • Urdu: خَرِید (xarīd) — activity of buying
  • Uyghur: سېتىۋېلىش (sëtiwëlish) — activity of buying
  • Uzbek: xarid qilish — activity of buying
  • Uzbek: xarid — activity of buying
  • Vietnamese: sự đi mua hàng — activity of buying
  • Vietnamese: mua sắm — activity of buying
  • Volapük: selidöp — activity of buying
  • Belarusian: паку́пкі (pakúpki) — things bought
  • Bulgarian: поку́пки (pokúpki) — things bought
  • Chinese Mandarin: 買的東西 /买的东西 (mǎi de dōngxi) — things bought
  • Finnish: ostokset — things bought
  • French: achats — things bought
  • German: Einkäufe — things bought
  • Hungarian: vásárolt holmik/dolgok — things bought
  • Indonesian: barang belanjaan — things bought
  • Norwegian Bokmål: varer — things bought
  • Norwegian Bokmål: matvarer — things bought
  • Polish: zakupy — things bought
  • Portuguese: compras — things bought
  • Russian: поку́пки (pokúpki) — things bought
  • Spanish: compras — things bought
  • Spanish: compra — things bought
  • Ukrainian: поку́пки (pokúpky) — things bought
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