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package

nounverbcommon in dialogue

  • United States//ˈpæk.ɪd͡ʒ//

Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.

noun

  1. 1

    Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.

    A dirty package was left in my home.

  2. 2

    Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.

    Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?

  3. 3

    A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.

  4. 4

    archaicThe act of packing something.

    for, it has often happened that, without any accident at ſea, heavy averages, owing to bad package and ſtowage only, have been demanded, and paid by inſurers

    The Company's instructions to the supracargoes of their ships are very particular as to the mode of package and stowage.

    But we see more; we see a very curious and artificial arrangement of the fibres very much contributing to facilitate their package, and by which they mutually support one another and act with the greatest advantage.

  5. 5

    Something resembling a package.

  6. 6

    A package holiday.

  7. 7

    A football formation.

    the "dime" defensive package

    For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package.

  8. 8

    The male genitalia.

    The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.

  9. 9

    historicalA charge made for packing goods.

  10. 10

    A group of related stories spread over several pages.

  11. 11

    Synonym of wrap (“complete news report ready for broadcast”).

    Attend a news conference, and prepare a wrap or package.

Etymology

Equivalent to pack + -age. Possibly influenced by Anglo-Latin paccagium or Old French pacquage.

verb

  1. 1

    To pack or bundle something.

  2. 2

    To travel on a package holiday.

  3. 3

    To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.

Forms

plural
packages
past tense
packaged
past participle
packaged
present participle
packaging
third person singular
packages
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).