package
verb/ˈpækɪdʒ/
/ˈpækɪdʒ/
[often passive]Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they package | /ˈpækɪdʒ/ /ˈpækɪdʒ/ |
| he / she / it packages | /ˈpækɪdʒɪz/ /ˈpækɪdʒɪz/ |
| past simple packaged | /ˈpækɪdʒd/ /ˈpækɪdʒd/ |
| past participle packaged | /ˈpækɪdʒd/ /ˈpækɪdʒd/ |
| -ing form packaging | /ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/ /ˈpækɪdʒɪŋ/ |
- to put something into a box, bag, etc. to be sold or transported
- package something packaged food/goods
- The glasses had been carefully packaged for the journey to England.
- package something up The orders were already packaged up, ready to be sent.
- package something in something The fan is packaged in a bare white box.
- We package our products in recyclable materials.
- package somebody/something (as something) to present somebody/something in a particular way
- politicians who are packaged and presented to the public
- an attempt to package news as entertainment
Word Originmid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting the action or mode of packing goods): from the verb pack + -age; compare with Anglo-Latin paccagium. The verb dates from the 1920s.
Check pronunciation:
package