SHOPPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shopping mean? 

• SHOPPING (noun)
  The noun SHOPPING has 2 senses:

1. searching for or buying goods or services

2. the commodities purchased from stores

  Familiarity information: SHOPPING used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOPPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Searching for or buying goods or services

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Context example:

does her shopping at the mall rather than down town

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

women carrying home shopping didn't give me a second glance

Hypernyms ("shopping" is a kind of...):

commodity; good; trade good (articles of commerce)

 Context examples 

We know that 52% my readers are based outside the US, so let me know on Twitter and Instagram if you have these same shopping days in your country.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

The fact that he is doing his own shopping looks as though it were his wife.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He has been shopping too, and has sent home such a wonderful lot of fur coats and wraps, and all sorts of warm things.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

Meg, isn't that the man who bowed to you one day when we were shopping?

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

My aunt always sends me off when she is shopping.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

The day passed most pleasantly away; the morning in bustle and shopping, and the evening at one of the theatres.

(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)

A question about whether an individual is able to go shopping for groceries or clothes.

(Go Shopping for Groceries or Clothes, NCI Thesaurus)

Parkinson's Disease Quality of Life Scale (PDQUALIF) In the past 7 days, fatigue makes participation in activities, household chores, shopping or yard work a problem for me.

(PDQUALIF - Fatigue in Past 7 Days, NCI Thesaurus)

Revised Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire (FIQR) Go shopping for groceries.

(FIQR - Go Shopping for Groceries, NCI Thesaurus)

Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) are activities related to independent living and include preparing meals, managing money, shopping, doing housework, and using a telephone.

(ADL, NCI Dictionary)