supermarket

[soo-per-mahr-kit]

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noun

a large retail market that sells food and other household goods and that is usually operated on a self-service basis.
any business or company offering an unusually wide range of goods or services: a financial supermarket that sells stocks, bonds, insurance, and real estate.

Origin of supermarket

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25; super- + market

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Examples from the Web for supermarket

Contemporary Examples

When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.
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Nico Hines, Christopher Dickey
January 8, 2015
Notoriously, Atlantic City did not get its first supermarket until 1996.
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December 8, 2014
He was captivated by footage of her escape through the hazy entryway of the supermarket, which was obscured by pepper spray.
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Nina Strochlic
September 15, 2014
Soon, you could find products containing palm oil on every supermarket shelf in the country.
Our Taste for Cheap Palm Oil Is Killing Chimpanzees
Carrie Arnold
July 11, 2014
Many snack bars on supermarket shelves, gluten-free or not, are loaded with the sweet stuff.
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April 12, 2014

Historical Examples

The Supermarket took all we had—except a dozen—and at a dollar fifty each.
Junior Achievement
William Lee
We began to find better bargains elsewhere, in the supermarket.
The Great Gray Plague
Raymond F. Jones
They turned into the supermarket and mingled with the shoppers.
Smugglers' Reef
John Blaine
She pressed through the crowds entering and leaving the supermarket.
The Amazing Mrs. Mimms
David C. Knight
A gasoline station and a weed-grown lot would shortly be replaced by a supermarket.
Time and Time Again
Henry Beam Piper

British Dictionary definitions for supermarket

supermarket

noun

a large self-service store retailing food and household supplies

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for supermarket

n.

1933, American English, from super- + market (n.). The 1933 reference is in an article that says the stores themselves began to open around 1931.

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Examples from the Web for supermarket

Contemporary Examples

When Chérif got out of prison, he worked at the fish counter of a supermarket.

Notoriously, Atlantic City did not get its first supermarket until 1996.

He was captivated by footage of her escape through the hazy entryway of the supermarket, which was obscured by pepper spray.

Soon, you could find products containing palm oil on every supermarket shelf in the country.

Many snack bars on supermarket shelves, gluten-free or not, are loaded with the sweet stuff.

Historical Examples

The Supermarket took all we had—except a dozen—and at a dollar fifty each.

We began to find better bargains elsewhere, in the supermarket.

They turned into the supermarket and mingled with the shoppers.

She pressed through the crowds entering and leaving the supermarket.

A gasoline station and a weed-grown lot would shortly be replaced by a supermarket.

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Word Origin and History for supermarket

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Origin of supermarket