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store
What does store mean?
store (noun): a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you use store in a sentence?
- Dad went to the store to get milk and bread. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce store?
/stɔɹ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does store come from?
Inherited from Middle English store, borrowed from Anglo-Norman stor, from Latin īnstaurāre, from īnstaurō + -āre.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What are synonyms of store?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
Test yourself: do you know “store”?
Tap an answer to check it. The same questions the app asks.
What does “store” mean?
a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services
Right! That's what “store” means.
any factual evidence that helps to establish the truth of something
Not quite: that's what proof means.
the weather in some location averaged over some long period of time
Not quite: that's what climate means.
health, safety, happiness and prosperity; well-being in any respect
Not quite: that's what welfare means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “store”?
team
Not quite: team means something else.
shop
Right!
city
Not quite: city means something else.
game
Not quite: game means something else.
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