store-bought (B2)
adjective
Definition
store-bought means purchased in a shop (as opposed to being home-made). It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.
Examples
The writer described the response as store-bought.
A store-bought tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became store-bought after the announcement.
How to Use store-bought
- store-bought + noun (collocation)
- Use store-bought before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a store-bought reaction."
- become store-bought (collocation)
- Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became store-bought near the end."
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