verb · transitive · common

grocery

grocery · groceries · groceried · grocerying

To go grocery shoppingTo go grocery shopping.

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UK/ˈɡɹəʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/US/ˈɡɹoʊ.s(ə.)ɹi/

» They sell carrots at the grocery store.

У продуктовому магазині продається морква.

Meaning

2 senses

(intransitive)To go grocery shopping.
(transitive)To furnish with groceries.

Examples

335 sentences

They sell carrots at the grocery store.
У продуктовому магазині продається морква. — deniko
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Tom has offered to help pay for the groceries.
Том запропонував допомогти з оплатою за продукти. — deniko
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Tom decided that he would have to help Mary buy some groceries.
Том вирішив, що він повинен буде допомогти Мері зробити покупки. — deniko
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I go grocery shopping every morning.
Я ходжу у продуктовий магазин щоранку. — aandrusiak
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This grocery store only sells organic food.
У цьому продовольчому магазині продається лише органічна їжа. — deniko
ruВ этом продуктовом магазине продаются лишь натуральные продукты. — Ooneykcall
deIn diesem Lebensmittelladen gibt es nur Biokost. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Origin

From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceri

From Middle English grocerye, equivalent to grocer + -y. Compare gross. Doublet of groceria.

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Forms

groceries, grocerying, groceried, groceried

Base form	grocery · to grocery
3rd person singular	groceries
Present participle	grocerying
Past simple	groceried
Past participle	groceried

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	grocery
he, she, it	groceries

Past simpleLesson

all persons

groceried

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have groceried
he, she, it	has groceried

Future simple (will)Lesson

all persons

will grocery

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle

Collocations

9 patterns

grocery store
the grocery store
buy some groceries
a grocery store
to the grocery
grocery shopping
some groceries
buy groceries
get groceries