supermarket
gb/sˈupɚmˌɑɹkɪt/ us/sˈupɚmˌɑɹkɪt/
A1
Anglais
~ 6200
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Nom
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entity
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Large self-service grocery store
A big store where you can walk around and choose your own food and other daily things, then pay at the front.
Schéma d’usage :
[someone] goes to the supermarket
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes say "I went to market" when they mean a modern indoor supermarket. In English, "the market" often suggests an open-air place with many small sellers, while a "supermarket" is a large indoor store. Learners also sometimes use "grocery" alone (e.g., *I went to the grocery*) instead of the more natural "grocery store" or "supermarket" in many varieties of English.
Synonymes
grocery store (Very close in meaning; in American English this is a common term, but it can also refer to smaller food shops, while a supermarket is usually larger.)
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food store (A more general and slightly less common term; it emphasizes that the store sells food but not necessarily the large size and wide range of goods of a supermarket.)
Antonymes
convenience store (A convenience store is much smaller, has fewer products, and is focused on quick purchases, which contrasts with the large size and wide range of goods in a supermarket.)
Collocations
go to the supermarket
|supermarket chain
|supermarket aisle
|supermarket checkout
|supermarket shelves
|supermarket shopping
Thèmes
daily life
|shopping
|food
|daily_life
|food_drink
|business
Exemples
- I stopped at the supermarket on my way home to buy some vegetables and milk.
- The new supermarket in our neighborhood has a huge fresh fruit section.
- Many people do their weekly shopping at the supermarket on Saturday mornings.
- The supermarket was so busy that all the checkout lines were very long.
- She works at a supermarket stacking shelves in the evenings.
Exemples pédagogiques
- We buy our food at the supermarket.
- There is a big supermarket near my house.
- I went to the supermarket to get bread and eggs.
- My mother works in a supermarket.
- On Sunday, the supermarket closes early.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
supermarket
API
GB/sˈupɚmˌɑɹkɪt/
US/sˈupɚmˌɑɹkɪt/
Syllabes et accentuation
su - per - mar - ket (4 syllabes)
Stress on 1st syllable (su)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: supermarket
- Plural: supermarkets
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