showroom
To inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from…To inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from an online merchant; to use a physical store as a showroom for an online merchant.
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Meaning
1 sensesTo inspect merchandise in a physical store, then purchase the identical product from an online merchant; to use a physical store as a showroom for an online merchant.
This new phone looks good, but I want to go to the mall and showroom it before buying.
Origin
From show + room. Verb sense circa 2011.From show + room. Verb sense circa 2011.
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Forms
showrooms, showrooming, showroomed, showroomedregular · Lesson
| Base form | showroom · to showroom |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | showrooms |
| Present participle | showrooming |
| Past simple | showroomed |
| Past participle | showroomed |
Tenses
showroom · showroomed · will showroom · have showroomedPoint at a form to see it in a sentence.Tap a form to see it in a sentence.
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
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.