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shopping
noun
-
shopping
the
activity
of
going
to
stores
or
websites
to
look
at
and
buy
things
•
On
Saturday
mornings
,
Mia
loves
shopping
at
the
farmers'
market
for
fresh
fruit
and
vegetables
.
On
Saturday
mornings
,
Mia
loves
shopping
at
the
farmers'
market
for
fresh
fruit
and
vegetables
.
•
We
spent
the
whole
afternoon
shopping
for
new
school
clothes
.
We
spent
the
whole
afternoon
shopping
for
new
school
clothes
.
From
the
present
participle
of
the
verb
“
shop
” (
late
15th
century
),
meaning
‘
to
visit
stores
to
examine
and
purchase
goods
’.
noun
-
shopping
the
goods
someone
has
bought
,
especially
groceries
or
other
everyday
items
•
Could
you
help
me
carry
the
shopping
into
the
kitchen
?
Could
you
help
me
carry
the
shopping
into
the
kitchen
?
•
She
left
her
shopping
in
the
taxi
by
mistake
.
She
left
her
shopping
in
the
taxi
by
mistake
.
Use
of
the
gerund
as
a
mass
noun
for
‘
bought
goods
’
recorded
from
the
late
19th
century
.
shop
verb
-
shop
,
shopping
,
shops
,
shopped
to
visit
stores
,
websites
,
or
markets
in
order
to
look
at
and
buy
things
•
On
Saturdays
we
shop
at
the
farmers'
market
.
On
Saturdays
we
shop
at
the
farmers'
market
.
•
She
likes
to
shop
for
new
dresses
during
sales
.
She
likes
to
shop
for
new
dresses
during
sales
.
Verb
use
recorded
since
the
mid-16th
century
,
directly
from
the
noun
‘
shop
’,
meaning
‘
to
go
to
shops
’.
verb
-
shop
,
shopping
,
shops
,
shopped
(
informal
)
to
tell
the
police
or
another
authority
about
someone's
wrongdoing
•
He
was
arrested
after
a
neighbour
shopped
him
to
the
police
.
He
was
arrested
after
a
neighbour
shopped
him
to
the
police
.
•
No
one
wanted
to
shop
the
gang
leader
for
fear
of
revenge
.
No
one
wanted
to
shop
the
gang
leader
for
fear
of
revenge
.
Slang
use
emerged
in
early
20th-century
British
English
,
perhaps
from
the
idea
of
‘
trading
’
information
with
police
.
workshop
verb
-
workshop
,
workshopping
,
workshops
,
workshopped
to
develop
or
improve
something
by
discussing
it
and
trying
it
out
with
a
group
•
The
playwright
decided
to
workshop
the
new
script
with
local
actors
.
The
playwright
decided
to
workshop
the
new
script
with
local
actors
.
•
We
workshopped
several
logo
ideas
before
choosing
the
final
design
.
We
workshopped
several
logo
ideas
before
choosing
the
final
design
.
Verb
use
dates
from
the
1950s
,
extended
from
the
noun
sense
of
a
collaborative
space
into
the
idea
of
collaborative
development
.
