supermarket
pronunciation
How to pronounce supermarket in British English:
UK [ˈsuːpəmɑːkɪt]
How to pronounce supermarket in American English:
US [ˈsuːpərmɑːrkɪt]
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- Noun:
- a large self-service grocery store selling groceries and dairy products and household goods
Word Origin
- 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.
Example
- 1. Meeting his friend to go to a supermarket .
- 2. Most supermarket magazines are put together by such outside agencies .
- 3. Eg. all manner of beautiful clothes can be bought in that supermarket .
- 4. Has the supermarket trolley dethroned the ballot box ?
- 5. Mr martinelli a supermarket magnate is not helping .