package

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[edit] Etymology

From pack + -age (act of packaging) or from cognate Dutch pakkage.

[edit] Noun

Singular
package

Plural
packages

package (plural packages)

  1. Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
  2. Something which consists of various components, like a CD ROM program.
    Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
  3. The art of packing something.
  4. Something resembling a package.
  5. A package holiday.
  6. A football formation. IE; the "dime" defensive package.
  7. (euphemism) The male genitalia.

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to package

Third person singular
packages

Simple past
packaged

Past participle
packaged

Present participle
packaging

to package (third-person singular simple present packages, present participle packaging, simple past and past participle packaged)

  1. To pack or bundle something.
  2. To travel on a package holiday.

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