package

Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.

Noun

  1. Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
    • A dirty package was left in my home.
  2. Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
    • Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
    • It’s now created a system where creators should be afraid to make a series that dares to end on a cliffhanger or save anything for future seasons, lest their story forever be left unfinished. And viewers are afraid to...
  3. A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
  4. The act of packing something.
    • for, it has often happened that, without any accident at ſea, heavy averages, owing to bad package and ſtowage only, have been demanded, and paid by inſurers - 1781, A Complete Digest of the Theory, Laws, and Practice...
    • The Company's instructions to the supracargoes of their ships are very particular as to the mode of package and stowage. - 1813, William Milburn, Oriental Commerce: Containing a Geographical Description of the Principal...
    • But we see more; we see a very curious and artificial arrangement of the fibres very much contributing to facilitate their package, and by which they mutually support one another and act with the greatest advantage. -...
  5. Something resembling a package.
  6. A package holiday.
  7. A football formation.
    • the "dime" defensive package
    • For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package.
  8. The male genitalia.
    • The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their...
  9. A charge made for packing goods.
  10. A group of related stories spread over several pages.
  11. Synonym of wrap (“complete news report ready for broadcast”).
    • Attend a news conference, and prepare a wrap or package. - 2005, Ted White, Broadcast News: Writing, Reporting, and Producing, page 245:

    Synonyms: wrap

Origin

Equivalent to pack + -age. Possibly influenced by Anglo-Latin paccagium or Old French pacquage.

Forms

packages pakige

Derived

care package complete package metapackage multipackage nanopackage original package doctrine package deal package film package format package leaflet package management system package saver package store package tour physics package red package retropackage service design package software package subpackage superpackage total package whole package

Verb

  1. To pack or bundle something.
  2. To travel on a package holiday.
  3. To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.

Forms

packages packaging packaged pakige

Derived

copackage depackage mispackage overpackage packageability packageable packager prepackage repackage underpackage unpackage