package

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /ˈpækɪdʒ/
• SAMPA: /"p{kIdZ/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

• Hyphenation: pack‧age

Noun

Singular package

Plural packages

A damaged package

1. A package is something in a box, usually to send in the mail.

   Some packages arrived from the post office.

   She came home from the shops with a lot of packages.

Verb

Plain form package

Third-person singular packages

Past tense packaged

Past participle packaged

Present participle packaging

1. If you package something, you put it in a box, usually to send it in the mail.

   We packaged up the broken radio, and sent it back to the shop.

See also

• letter
• mail
• parcel
• post