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I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.
Fran Drescher

Meaning of "shopping mall" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHOPPING MALL

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHOPPING MALL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Shopping mall is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SHOPPING MALL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

shopping mall

Shopping mall

A shopping mall, shopping center/centre, shopping arcade, shopping precinct, or simply just a mall is one or more buildings forming a complex of shops representing merchandisers, with interconnecting walkways enabling visitors to walk from unit to unit. Other establishments including movie theaters and restaurants are also often included. As traders moved into more spacious shops in the early 19th century high streets developed, but wealthier people started wanting shelter from rain, so shopping arcades were developed. With new innovations like escalators these evolved into shopping centres and with the rise of the automobile these evolved into shopping malls. From early on, the design tended to be inward-facing, with malls following theories of how customers could best be enticed in a controlled environment. Similar, the concept of a mall having one or more "anchor stores" or "big box stores" was pioneered early, with individual stores or smaller-scale chain stores intended to benefit from the shoppers attracted by the big stores.

Definition of shopping mall in the English dictionary

The definition of shopping mall in the dictionary is a large enclosed shopping centre.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHOPPING MALL

shopper
shopping
shopping arcade
shopping bag
shopping bag lady
shopping basket
shopping cart
shopping centre
shopping channel
shopping complex
shopping facilities
shopping hours
shopping list
shopping plaza
shopping precinct
shopping spree
shopping trip
shopping trolley
shopping village
shoppy

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHOPPING MALL

all
and all
at all
ball
baseball
basketball
call
fall
feel small
football
for all
go to the wall
hall
mall
outlet mall
pall-mall
pedestrian mall
small
the small
ultrasmall

Synonyms and antonyms of shopping mall in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «SHOPPING MALL»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «shopping mall» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of shopping mall

Translation of «shopping mall» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SHOPPING MALL

Find out the translation of shopping mall to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of shopping mall from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «shopping mall» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大型购物中心
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

centro comercial
570 millions of speakers

English

shopping mall
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शॉपिंग मॉल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مركز تسوق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

торговый центр
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

shopping center
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

শপিং মল
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

centre commercial
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pusat membeli-belah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Shoppingcenter
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ショッピングモール
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

쇼핑 몰
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Shopping mall
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

trung tâm thương mại
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பேரங்காடி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शॉपिंग मॉल
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alışveriş Merkezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

centro commerciale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

centrum handlowe
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

торговий центр
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

mall
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

εμπορικό κέντρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

winkelsentrum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

köpcentrum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

kjøpesenter
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of shopping mall

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOPPING MALL»

The term «shopping mall» is very widely used and occupies the 13.840 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SHOPPING MALL» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about shopping mall

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2 QUOTES WITH «SHOPPING MALL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word shopping mall.
1
Fran Drescher
I choose the places I go to carefully and wisely. I'll rarely go to a shopping mall anymore.
2
James Redfield
If you've ever walked a mile into a virgin forest - you know, like a deep forest where trees have been uncut - the energy is totally different from the shopping mall.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHOPPING MALL»

Discover the use of shopping mall in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to shopping mall and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream
The enclosed shopping mall, now so ubiquitous, was invented by one man: Victor Gruen. "Mall Maker" is the first biography of this visionary spirit.
M. Jeffrey Hardwick, 2004
2
The shopping mall high school: winners and losers in the ...
This second report from A Study of High Schools attacks secondary education in America by describing it as a system where all but the brightest and the most handicapped are left unchallenged
Arthur G. Powell, Eleanor Farrar, David K. Cohen, 1985
3
Secrets of the Shopping Mall
Barnie and Teresa are tired of their troubled lives at home, so they hide out in a huge suburban shopping mall. Just as they are beginning to feel unnoticed as they spend their days and nights there, they learn that they are not alone.
Richard Peck, 1989
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Call of the Mall: The Geography of Shopping by the Author of ...
Profiling malls as powerful intersections of American consumer marketing, the media, and street culture, an examination of malls as reflections of commercial and social culture considers what does and does not work in a mall setting and ...
Paco Underhill, 2005
5
The Shopping Mall
Shows a trip to the shops. Suggested level: junior.
Beverley Randell, Thomas Nelson Publishing Staff, Jenny Giles, 1995
6
Shopping as an Entertainment Experience
This unique book focuses on the historical evolution of shopping environments into contemporary entertainment or cultural zones.
Mark Howard Moss, 2007
7
Behind the scenes at the shopping mall
Explores the operations of different areas of a shopping mall and some of the various activities that take place there.
Marilyn Miller, 1996
8
The New Religious Image of Urban America: The Shopping Mall ...
Zepp asserts that for many people the shopping mall represents a substitute for ancient sacred centres. This is the only book that deals with the religious dimensions of malls.
Ira G. Zepp, 1997
9
The Shopping Mall
Describes some of the things to do on a visit to a shopping mall, including riding the escalator, visiting different kinds of stores, and eating at the food court.
Jacqueline Laks Gorman, 2005
10
Essential Vocabulary: Shopping Mall Words
The shopping mall is a great place for them to find most everything that they need under one roof. In order to do this, though, students need to understand what items can be found in which store. Shopping Mall Words features 216 words of ...
Remedia Publications

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHOPPING MALL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term shopping mall is used in the context of the following news items.
1
China aghast as woman crushed by escalator at shopping mall
The scene can only be described as horrific: On an otherwise unremarkable morning, a woman is riding up a shopping center escalator in central China with her ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
2
Kenya's Westgate shopping mall reopens
Kenya's Westgate shopping mall, the site of a deadly attack in which 67 people were killed and scores were injured in 2013, has reopened. Security was tight ... «Aljazeera.com, Jul 15»
3
Nairobi Westgate mall attack: Shopping centre re-opens two years …
Two years after terror struck at Westgate in Nairobi, the upscale shopping mall is set to reopen amid many unanswered questions over what happened during ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
4
Ed Sheeran Surprises Fan On Shopping Mall Stage
Ed Sheeran Surprises Fan On Shopping Mall Stage. The British star is shopping in Edmonton when he hears a teenager singing one of his hits and decides to ... «Sky News, Jun 15»
5
Alfred Taubman, Inventor of Indoor Shopping Malls, Dies at 91
Alfred Taubman, a real estate developer who invented the concept of indoor suburban shopping malls, has died at 91. His son, Robert Taubman, the chairman ... «TIME, Apr 15»
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Koh Samui car bomb: Seven hurt in explosion in shopping mall car …
A car bomb on the Thai resort island of Samui has wounded seven people, including an Italian girl, police said Saturday, in a further blow to the country's ... «ABC Online, Apr 15»
7
Westgate mall attack: Alleged mastermind of Kenyan shopping
Garaar, one of the militant group's most senior commanders was suspected of the plan the massacre at the upscale Kenyan shopping mall in 2013 which left 67 ... «mirror.co.uk, Mar 15»
8
Two accused in Halifax shopping mall threat face more charges
HALIFAX—The Crown prosecuting two people accused of plotting to open fire in a Halifax shopping mall is describing the case as the most unusual of her ... «Toronto Star, Feb 15»
9
Florida shopping mall shooting: Another debate over guns and …
A shooting Saturday in Florida's Melbourne Square Mall left two dead and at least one injured. The mall shooting raises public safety concerns and raises anew ... «Christian Science Monitor, Jan 15»
10
Christmas Eve shooting at Louisiana shopping mall leaves 1 dead
GRETNA, La. -- Authorities say "bedlam" broke out at a suburban New Orleans shopping mall after a man was shot and killed inside a store on Christmas Eve. «CBS News, Dec 14»

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