Mart Meaning
/mɑɹt/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA shop, a store, a market.
nounA bazaar, fair, market, or marketplace.
Sentence Examples
All humans buy food at the mart.
I know Omega Mart's exceptional customers song.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She went to the convenience ____ to buy milk and bread.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The electronics ____ offers a wide variety of gadgets and appliances at very competitive prices today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle Dutch mart, markt (“market”) (Modern Dutch markt), from Old Dutch *markat, from Late Latin marcātus, an alternative form of Classical Latin mercātus. See market.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Perhaps ſome Merchant hath inuited him,
And from the Mart he's ſomewhere gone to dinner:
Good Siſter let vs dine, and neuer fret;
A man is Maſter of his libertie:"
— c. 1594 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Comedie of Errors”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i], page 87:
"And by great waters the seede of Sihor, the haruest of the riuer is her reuenew, and she is a mart of nations."
— 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 23:3:
"In London; where has commerce ſuch a mart,
So rich, ſo throng'd, ſo drain'd, and ſo ſupplied,
As London, opulent, enlarged, and ſtill
Increaſing, London?"
— 1785, William Cowper, “Book I. The Sofa.”, in The Task, a Poem, […], London: […] J[oseph] Johnson; […], →OCLC, page 38:
"The world is a great mart, my Holly, where all things are for sale to him who bids the highest in the currency of our desires."
— 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, “Go, Woman!”, in She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC, page 202:
"The bold little ships even broke through the Gates of Hercules to the open ocean, coasting then northward to take the gold of Ireland and the tin of Cornwall, as well as southward, around the bulge of Senegal, to remote Yorubaland and the distant marts of ivory, gold, and slaves."
— 1968, Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, 2nd edition, London: Fontana Press, published 1993, page 14:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She went to the convenience ____ to buy milk and bread.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The electronics ____ offers a wide variety of gadgets and appliances at very competitive prices today.