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• present participle of shop.

shopping

American  

[shop-ing] / ˈʃɒp ɪŋ /

noun

1. the act of a person who shops.

2. the facilities or merchandise available to those who shop.

   Chicago has good shopping.

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adjective

1. of, for, or pertaining to examining and buying merchandise.

   a shopping trip.

shopping British  

/ ˈʃɒpɪŋ /

noun

1. a number or collection of articles purchased

2. the act or an instance of making purchases

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Etymology

Origin of shopping

First recorded in 1755–65; shop + -ing ¹, -ing ²

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Example Sentences

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shopping

David Jones employs about 6,000 staff and has 38 physical stores, with 17 of those in Westfield shopping centres.

From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026

Ippolito, 28, said she went home to Chicago to go wedding dress shopping with her mom.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 5, 2026

Denmark’s Pandora narrowed its guidance for the current year toward the upper end of the range, as it heads into the crucial festive shopping season.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

“So we could see many enrollees in these plans shopping around and switching plans during this open-enrollment period.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

We sped past the Publix shopping plaza, the wind whistling in my ears, and bounced over the train tracks.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas

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