supermarkets
SOO-pur-mar-kuhts/ˌsupɚˈmɑɹkəts/UKSOO-puh-mah-kits/ˌsuːpəˈmɑːkɪts/
- 1Plural of supermarket.
Several supermarkets in the region have started offering home delivery.
Prices for fresh produce vary widely between competing supermarkets.
Note
A regular plural, formed with -s, and it carries every meaning the singular has. Supermarkets can be several individual stores, as when a town has three of them, or several chains, as when shoppers compare prices between competing companies. Context usually tells which is meant. The figurative sense of a one-stop shop for products or services pluralizes the same way.
supermarkets is a form of supermarket
supermarket, noun: A large self-service store selling groceries and, usually, medicine, household items, and clothing. Full entry
- Forms
- supermarketsupermarkets plural
- Spelling
- supermarket → supermarkets: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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