package

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Contents 1 Pronunciation 2 Noun 3 Verb 3.1 See also

[change] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈpækɪdʒ/
• SAMPA: /"p{kIdZ/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

[change] Noun

Singular package

Plural packages

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.

[change] 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.
2. We packaged up the broken radio, and sent it back to the shop.

[change] See also

• letter
• mail
• parcel
• post