Meaning of "store" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD STORE

From Old French estor, from estorer to restore, from Latin instaurāre to refresh; related to Greek stauros stake.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF STORE

store  [stɔː]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STORE

Store is a verb and can also act as 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.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb store in English.

WHAT DOES STORE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Store

Store may refer to: ▪ A retail store: Establishment where merchandise is sold, usually on a retail basis, and where wares are often kept. ▪ A storage place where things are stored, e.g. a ship's paint store ▪ Expendables released from an aircraft, such as ordnance or countermeasures ▪ Štore, a town and a municipality in eastern Slovenia ▪ The Store, 1932 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Thomas Sigismund Stribling ▪ The Store, British shopping television programming on ITV1...

Definition of store in the English dictionary

The first definition of store in the dictionary is to keep, set aside, or accumulate for future use. Other definition of store is to place in a warehouse, depository, etc, for safekeeping. Store is also to supply, provide, or stock.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO STORE

PRESENT

Present

I store

you store

he/she/it stores

we store

you store

they store

Present continuous

I am storing

you are storing

he/she/it is storing

we are storing

you are storing

they are storing

Present perfect

I have stored

you have stored

he/she/it has stored

we have stored

you have stored

they have stored

Present perfect continuous

I have been storing

you have been storing

he/she/it has been storing

we have been storing

you have been storing

they have been storing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I stored

you stored

he/she/it stored

we stored

you stored

they stored

Past continuous

I was storing

you were storing

he/she/it was storing

we were storing

you were storing

they were storing

Past perfect

I had stored

you had stored

he/she/it had stored

we had stored

you had stored

they had stored

Past perfect continuous

I had been storing

you had been storing

he/she/it had been storing

we had been storing

you had been storing

they had been storing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will store

you will store

he/she/it will store

we will store

you will store

they will store

Future continuous

I will be storing

you will be storing

he/she/it will be storing

we will be storing

you will be storing

they will be storing

Future perfect

I will have stored

you will have stored

he/she/it will have stored

we will have stored

you will have stored

they will have stored

Future perfect continuous

I will have been storing

you will have been storing

he/she/it will have been storing

we will have been storing

you will have been storing

they will have been storing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would store

you would store

he/she/it would store

we would store

you would store

they would store

Conditional continuous

I would be storing

you would be storing

he/she/it would be storing

we would be storing

you would be storing

they would be storing

Conditional perfect

I would have store

you would have store

he/she/it would have store

we would have store

you would have store

they would have store

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been storing

you would have been storing

he/she/it would have been storing

we would have been storing

you would have been storing

they would have been storing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you store
we let´s store
you store

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to store

Past participle

stored

Present Participle

storing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

SYNONYMS OF «STORE»

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

synonyms of store

abundance · accumulate · accumulation · cache · chain store · conserve · department store · deposit · depository · depot · emporium · fund · garner · hoard · hold · husband · hypermarket · keep · lot · maintain · market · mart · mine · outlet · plenty · plethora · preserve · provision · put aside · put away · put by · quantity · repository · reserve · reservoir · retain · salt away · save · shop · stash · stock · stockpile · storehouse · storeroom · supermarket · supply · warehouse · wealth

TRANSLATION OF STORE

Find out the translation of store to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of store from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «store» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 店铺
• Translator English - Spanish: almacén
• English: store
• Translator English - Hindi: दुकान
• Translator English - Arabic: مَحَلٌ تِـجارِيّ
• Translator English - Russian: магазин
• Translator English - Portuguese: loja
• Translator English - Bengali: দোকান
• Translator English - French: magasin
• Translator English - Malay: kedai
• Translator English - German: Kaufhaus
• Translator English - Japanese: 店
• Translator English - Korean: 상점
• Translator English - Javanese: Nyimpen
• Translator English - Vietnamese: cửa hàng
• Translator English - Tamil: கடை
• Translator English - Marathi: स्टोअर
• Translator English - Turkish: mağaza
• Translator English - Italian: negozio
• Translator English - Polish: sklep
• Translator English - Ukrainian: магазин
• Translator English - Romanian: magazin
• Translator English - Greek: μαγαζί
• Translator English - Afrikaans: Store
• Translator English - Swedish: affär
• Translator English - Norwegian: lagerbeholdning

10 QUOTES WITH «STORE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word store.

1

Patch Adams

Wearing underwear on the outside of your clothes can turn a tedious trip to the store for a forgotten carton of milk into an amusement park romp.

2

Sidney Altman

By the time I reached high school my father's grocery store had made our life adequately comfortable and I was able to choose, without any practical encumbrances, the subjects that I wanted to pursue in college.

3

Wes Anderson

I don't know what is in store for the movie business any better than anybody else does, but it does seem like my kind of movies are a little trickier than it used to be - or maybe a lot trickier.

4

Max Azria

Yes, e-commerce is a strange situation for an old guy like me. You can buy a TV online, OK, but to buy a dress or shoes? Ugh. The customer has to go back to the store and breathe and smell and have a good time. Because shopping is a good time - like going to a nice restaurant.

5

Bob Balaban

My dad was born in Chicago in 1908... his parents came from Russia. They settled in Chicago, where they lived in a little tiny grocery store with eight or nine children - in the backroom all together - and my grandmother got the idea to go into the movie business.

6

Emily Greene Balch

We speculate as to what is in store for us. But we not only undergo events, we in part cause them or at least influence their course. We have not only to study them but to act.

7

Maria Canals Barrera

Heels I've always loved, but a wedge is perfect, in between glamorous and a common shoe. If going to the store, why wear flip-flops when you can wear wedges?

8

Astrid Berges-Frisbey

My mum used to work for the Chanel store in Paris, so for me, I've always been very familiar with the brand because of her. I remember when I was very, very, little, our flat had Chanel shoe boxes, makeup, and some jackets.

9

Bernhard von Bulow

The history of England, who has always dealt most harshly with her vanquished foe in the few European wars in which she has taken part in modern times, gives us Germans an idea of the fate in store for us if defeated.

10

Cara Buono

I've had a job since I was 11. I had a paper route, I worked at a video store, I was a toy doll at FAO Schwartz when I was in high school. And I think that it's made me really disciplined when it came to pursuing acting, because I had no clue how to go about it.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STORE»

Discover the use of store in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to store and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

The definitive story of Amazon.com, one of the most successful companies in the world, and of its driven, brilliant founder, Jeff Bezos.

Brad Stone, 2013

Store Design and Visual Merchandising: Creating Store Space ...

In this book, the interested reader will find a variety of hands-on suggestions on how to optimize the design of retail stores and service environments to increase customer satisfaction and sales.

Claus Ebster, 2011

The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon

Until now... Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon.

Brad Stone, 2014

Museum Store Management

The second edition contains an additional chapter on merchandising, many more illustrations and examples, and information on internet resources for museum store management.

Mary Miley Theobald, 2000

Candy Store (Contemporary Romance)

On the verge of losing her candy store, Callie decides to blot out her troubles with a handsome stranger.

Bella Andre, 2011

Branding a Store: How to Build Successful Retail Brands in a ...

First the book explains the distinction between retail brands and manufacturer brands, and assesses the increasing conflict between the two.

Ko Floor, 2006

Building the Operational Data Store

The most comprehensive guide to building, using, and managing the operational data store. Building the Operational Data Store, Second Edition.

William H. Inmon, 1999

Direct Store Delivery: Concepts, Applications and Instruments

For the first time and including the input of both practitioners and academics, this book throws light on the topic of DSD from different perspectives, providing fresh insights and benefits. The book covers diverse topics.

Andreas Otto, Franz Josef Schoppengerd, Ramin Shariatmadari, 2009

The Bon Marché: Bourgeois Culture and the Department Store, ...

In this comprehensive social history of the Bon Marché, the Parisian department store that was the largest in the world before 1914, Michael Miller explores the bourgeois identities, ambitions, and anxieties that the new emporia so vividly ...

Michael Barry Miller, 1981

America's Corner Store: Walgreen's Prescription for Success

Written in an engaging and highly readable style, this book offers both a colorful slice of Americana and a compelling corporate profile, expertly interweaving personal anecdotes with historic and economic insights.

John U. Bacon, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STORE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term store is used in the context of the following news items.

Should You Get the Amazon Prime Store Card?

Everyone is buzzing about the new Amazon Prime Store Card, which offers 5% cash back on all Amazon.com purchases for Prime members. It was actually ... «TIME, Jul 15»

Gap closing 175 stores to be more 'vibrant'

Gap announced Monday it will close a quarter of its stores and cut 250 corporate jobs as it tries to chart the clothing brand back toward growth. The company will ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»

The Apple Watch Is Finally Coming to Stores

Nearly two months after its official release, the Apple Watch may finally be available at your neighborhood Apple Store soon. The much-sought-after smartwatch ... «TIME, Jun 15»

Whole Foods Launching Lower-Cost Stores Geared Toward …

Whole Foods, the upscale grocery store chain famous for its bright displays of produce and emphasis on organic foods, plans to launch a new chain of ... «NPR, May 15»

Starbucks stores reopen Saturday after computer glitch

A Starbucks store closes Friday, April 24, 2015, in Phoenix because of computer issues. Starbucks says a sales register computer glitch has disrupted sales at ... «Yahoo News, Apr 15»

Here's what the Apple Watch App Store looks like

Right now the store is about as barebones as you can get, with a simple list of of 35 apps with WatchKit integration. Included are apps like Flipboard, Evernote, ... «The Verge, Apr 15»

Ontario to sell off 60% of Hydro One, allow beer in grocery stores

Ontario's Liberal government will try to raise money for transit and infrastructure by selling off a large chunk of Hydro One and opening up the way beer is sold in ... «CBC.ca, Apr 15»

Don't expect to buy an Apple Watch in-store until June

Ahrendts said feedback from Apple Store try-on appointments has been overwhelmingly positive, which jibes with Macworld staffers' own experiences with ... «Macworld, Apr 15»

Record Store Day 2015: The Ultimate Guide

This weekend, Record Store Day will be flooding music outlets around the country with new releases, reissued classics and thousands of fans looking bring ... «RollingStone.com, Apr 15»

What It's Like To Try Out The Apple Watch In-Store

Apple began offering previews of the Apple Watch at its stores this morning, and we had a chance to show up early and get a run-through of the demo process ... «TechCrunch, Apr 15»