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Definition of "hypermarket" []

  • A very large commercial establishment that is a combination of a department store and a supermarket. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "hypermarket" in a sentence
  • "The coolest thing I saw in a hypermarket was the assistants who were dealing with price enquiries/missing barcodes at the checkouts."
  • "The diplomat probably bottomed his coinage on hypermarché, in English hypermarket, which means “a large supermarket.”"
  • "Mr. Olofsson, who is in his second year at the head of Carrefour, last week revealed the cornerstone of his turnaround plans with the inauguration of a new kind of hypermarket designed for France."
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