Meaning
A place where you go to buy things.
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Word origin
From Old English sceoppa, meaning a small booth or shed for selling goods.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- sceoppa
Grammar
Examples
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"Shop" means a place where you buy things.
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"Shop" here means the building where things are sold.
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"Shops" is the plural, meaning more than one shop.
A shop is a place where you go to buy things, such as food, clothes or books. A small shop may sell only one kind of thing, and a big shop may sell many. Most towns have shops on the main street.
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