package

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noun

pack·​age ˈpa-kij How to pronounce package (audio)
1
archaic : the act or process of packing
2
a
: a small or moderate-sized pack : parcel
b
: a commodity or a unit of a product uniformly wrapped or sealed
c
: a preassembled unit
3
: a covering wrapper or container
4
: something that suggests a package: such as
b
: a radio or television series offered for sale at a lump sum
c
: contract benefits gained through collective bargaining
d
: a ready-made computer program or collection of related software
e
: a travel arrangement contract that offers for a fixed price transportation, accommodations, and often sightseeing and entertainment
f
: a collection of related items
especially : one to be considered or acted on together
presented his tax package to the nation

package

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verb

packaged; packaging

transitive verb

1
a
: to make into a package
especially : to produce as an entertainment package
b
: to present (something, such as a product) in such a way as to heighten its appeal to the public
2
: to enclose in a package or covering
packager noun

Examples of package in a Sentence

Noun All ingredients are listed right on the package. She ate the whole package of crackers for lunch. The hotel, airfare, and museum fees were all part of our vacation package. The financial aid packages we'll be awarding this year are smaller than we had hoped they would be.
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Noun
That said, Katona has some obvious holes in his overall package. Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025 Over six dozen Connecticut laws, including the state’s next budget and bond package, will wholly or partially take effect on July 1. Connecticut laws are passed by the General Assembly during the legislative session each year — this year’s ran from Jan. 8 to June 4 — or in a special session. Gabby Debenedictis, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2025
Verb
Once this data is leaked, it's fed into a vast marketplace of data brokers who package, sell, and resell your information to advertisers, spammers, scammers and even cybercriminals. Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2025 The Julian Dates are codes of three to seven digits and represent the date that the food was packaged or manufactured. Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for package

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

circa 1510, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb

1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of package was circa 1510

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“Package.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/package. Accessed 25 Jun. 2025.

Kids Definition

package

1 of 2 noun
pack·​age ˈpak-ij How to pronounce package (audio)
1
: a small or medium-sized pack : parcel
2
: a covering wrapper or container
3
4
: a collection of related items to be considered together
presented his tax package to the nation

package

2 of 2 verb
packaged; packaging
: to make into or enclose in a package
packager noun

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