- shopping
- noun1 activity of shoppingADJECTIVE▪ late-night, morning, weekend▪ back-to-school (AmE), Christmas, holiday (esp. AmE), last-minute, sales (BrE)▪
the back-to-school shopping season
▪ a bit of (esp. BrE), a little▪I thought we'd do a little shopping before the show.
▪ family (BrE), food, grocery (esp. AmE), supermarket, weekly (esp. BrE)▪I do the weekly shopping on a Saturday.
▪ car, clothes, dress, etc.▪ catalogue, home, Internet, online▪the move to home shopping using your computer
▪ duty-free, tax-free▪ comparison▪This website is a valuable resource for comparison shopping.
▪ convenience (esp. BrE), one-stop▪the consumers' demand for one-stop shopping
(= buying all they need in one place)▪ quality (esp. BrE)▪ serious (humorous)▪Jenny went directly to town for some serious shopping.
▪ heavy, light (both esp. BrE)▪ compulsive▪to suffer from compulsive shopping disorder
… OF SHOPPING▪ afternoon, dayVERB + SHOPPING▪ be out, do, go, go out▪She's doing some last-minute Christmas shopping.
▪When shall I do the shopping? (BrE)
▪We do our shopping on Saturdays.
▪I have to go shopping in town this afternoon.
▪ come▪ take sb▪Jade wants me to take her shopping for a new outfit.
SHOPPING + NOUN▪ bag, basket, cart (esp. AmE), trolley (BrE)▪ list▪ area, district▪ arcade (esp. BrE), complex, development (esp. BrE), mall (esp. AmE), parade (BrE), park (BrE), plaza (AmE), precinct (BrE), street (esp. BrE), strip (AmE)▪the town's main shopping street
(see also shopping centre)▪ facilities (esp. BrE), outlet (esp. BrE)▪ channel, network (esp. AmE)▪a home shopping network
▪ site, website▪an Internet shopping site
▪ service▪a personal shopping service
▪ space (esp. BrE)▪Developers plan to build 4 000 square feet of shopping space here.
▪ destination▪New York, the ultimate shopping destination
▪ excursion, expedition, spree, trip▪She won £10 000 and immediately went on a shopping spree.
▪ day, hours, season▪Only 22 shopping days left until Christmas!
▪outside normal shopping hours
▪the Christmas shopping season
▪ environment (esp. BrE), experience▪We ensure that our customers have an exceptional shopping experience.
▪ habits▪detailed portraits of consumers' shopping habits
▪ voucher (BrE)PHRASES▪ be on sb's shopping list (often figurative)▪A new car is on my shopping list.
▪Improved electricity generation is one of the first things on the country's shopping list.
2 (esp. BrE) food, etc. bought in shops/stores ⇨ See also groceriesADJECTIVE▪ heavyVERB + SHOPPING▪ be laden with▪ carry▪ put away, unpack▪They unpacked the shopping and put it away.
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
