# shops

Pronunciation: say "SHOPS" US /ʃɑps/, UK /ʃɒps/

## Noun

1. Plural of shop. — plural of shop
   - Simple: Plural of shop. Use this form when you mean more than one shop.
   - _Most of the shops downtown were packed on the first day of the sale._
   - _Independent shops in the old quarter sell handmade goods to tourists._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of shop. — third-person singular simple present indicative of shop
   - Simple: Third-person singular of shop. Use this form with 'he', 'she', or 'it'.
   - _My neighbor shops online whenever she is too busy to leave the house._
   - _He shops carefully, comparing prices before settling on a purchase._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/shops (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).