shopping A1 Topic:Time US /ˈʃɑpɪŋ/ UK /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #2145 Meanings 1 noun The activity of buying things from shops. On Saturdays we usually do the shopping. 2 noun The things that you have just bought from a shop. I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs. 3 verb Present participle of shop: buying things from shops. She spent the whole afternoon shopping for a new dress. Thesaurus Word family Derived forms antishoppingcomparison-shoppingcybershoppingdeshoppinge-shoppingnonshoppingrelationshoppingshwoppingteleshoppingwindow-shopping Common collocations shopping mall Noun + noun Etymology By surface analysis, shop + -ing. Topics Time External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # shopping **Type:** Word **Level:** A1 **Part of speech:** noun, verb **IPA (US):** /ˈʃɑpɪŋ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈʃɒpɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 2145 ## Meanings 1. The activity of buying things from shops. 2. The things that you have just bought from a shop. 3. Present participle of shop: buying things from shops. ## Examples - On Saturdays we usually do the shopping. - I carried three heavy bags of shopping up the stairs. - She spent the whole afternoon shopping for a new dress. ## Derived Forms - antishopping - comparison-shopping - cybershopping - deshopping - e-shopping - nonshopping - relationshopping - shwopping - teleshopping - window-shopping ## Etymology By surface analysis, shop + -ing. ## Topics - Time markdown