What (who) is package - definition
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Packages; Package (disambiguation)
package
n.
Bundle, budget, parcel, pack, bale.
package
¦ noun
1. an object or group of objects wrapped in paper or packed in a box.
N. Amer. a packet.
2. (also package deal) a set of proposals or terms offered or agreed as a whole.
3. informal a package holiday.
4. Computing a collection of programs or subroutines with related functionality.
¦ verb
1. put into a box or wrapping.
2. present in a particular and advantageous way.
3. combine (various products) for sale as one unit.
commission and produce (a book) to sell as a complete product to publishers.
Derivatives
packaged adjective
packager noun
packaging noun
Origin
package
(packages, packaging, packaged)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A package is a small parcel.
I tore open the package.
...a package addressed to Miss Claire Montgomery.
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2.
A package is a small container in which a quantity of something is sold. Packages are either small boxes made of thin cardboard, or bags or envelopes made of paper or plastic. (mainly AM; in BRIT, usually use packet
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...a package of doughnuts...
It is listed among the ingredients on the package.
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3.
A package is a set of proposals that are made by a government or organization and which must be accepted or rejected as a group.
The government has announced a package of measures to help the British film industry...
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4.
When a product is packaged, it is put into containers to be sold.
The beans are then ground and packaged for sale as ground coffee...
Packaged foods have to show a list of ingredients.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, V-ed
5.
If something is packaged in a particular way, it is presented or advertised in that way in order to make it seem attractive or interesting.
A city has to be packaged properly to be attractive to tourists.
...entertainment packaged as information.
VERB: usu passive, be V-ed, be V-ed as n
6.
A package tour, or in British English a package holiday, is a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and your accommodation are booked for you.
N-COUNT: usu N n
Pronunciation examples for package
1. package.
The Little Book that Builds Wealth _ Pat Dorsey _ Talks at Google
2. package.
Essentialism _ Greg McKeown _ Talks at Google
3. Debian package, Solaris package manager.
Release Engineering Keynote _ Dinah McNutt _ Talks at Google
4. of packages.
CNN's Black in America _ Soledad O'Brien _ Talks at Google
5. Nice package.
The Smartest Book in the World _ Greg Proops _ Talks at Google
Examples of use of package
1. Three packages conference package, student package and non–conference package to cost $200 (Dh734), $100 (Dh367) and $100 respectively.
2. Subscribers to a 256K package will be upgraded to a 512K package; subscribers to a 512K package to 1 Mb, and subscribers to a 1 Mb package to 2Mb.
3. "We either have a package or we don‘t have a package," she said.
4. The «Jood Plus» package comes after witnessing an unprecedented success toward the earlier «Jood» package.
5. Al Shamil customers will have their current package upgraded to the next higher package.