Meaning

5 senses
  1. (transitive)To keep (something) while not in use, generally in a place meant for that purpose.

    I'll store these books in the attic.

    lagern, sich halten

    храни́тьxranítʹ, сохраня́тьсяsoxranjátʹsja, сохрани́тьсяsoxranítʹsja

    зберіга́тиzberiháty

    keep or lay aside for future use

  2. To contain.

    The cabinets store all the food the mice would like.

  3. Have the capacity and capability to contain.

    They sell boxes that store 24 mason jars.

  4. (transitive)To write (something) into memory or registers.

    This operation stores the result on the stack.

    speichern

    храни́тьxranítʹ

    зберіга́тиzberiháty

  5. (transitive)To stock, to fill (a container, repository, etc.) with things.

Examples

2753 sentences
  1. The store is across the street.

    Магазин - на іншому боці вулиці. — aandrusiak

    deDer Laden ist auf der anderen Straßenseite. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  2. The store might be closed already.

    Магазин вже може бути закритим. — quez

    ruМагазин уже может быть закрыт. — marafon

    deDer Laden könnte schon geschlossen sein. — Wolf

  3. They sell meat at this store.

    У магазині продають м’ясо. — uaspeaker

    ruВ магазине продают мясо. — Hellerick

    deIn diesem Laden wird Fleisch verkauft. — Tamy

  4. She saw me enter the store.

    Вона бачила, як я зайшов до магазину. — aandrusiak

    ruОна видела, как я входил в магазин. — soweli_Elepanto

    deSie sah mich den Laden betreten. — Espi

  5. What time does the store open?

    О котрій годині відчиняється магазин? — deniko

    ruВо сколько открывается магазин? — marafon

    deUm wie viel Uhr öffnet das Geschäft? — kolonjano

Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
keep (something) while not in use:
Русский
By meaning 2
keep (something) while not in use:
remain in good condition while stored:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
keep (something) while not in use:
remain in good condition while stored:
computing: write (something) into memory or registers:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English store, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stor, from Latin īnstaurār

Inherited from Middle English store, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stor, from Latin īnstaurāre, from īnstaurō + -āre.

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Forms

stores, storing, stored, stored
Base formstore · to store
3rd person singularstores
Present participlestoring
Past simplestored
Past participlestored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theystore
he, she, itstores

Past simpleLesson

all personsstored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave stored
he, she, ithas stored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill store

Phrasal verbs

2 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

13 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • convenience store
  • to the store
  • a convenience store
  • department store
  • at that store
  • in the store
  • store to buy
  • grocery store
  • the grocery store
  • the store is
  • of the store
  • the convenience store

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary 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.

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