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# pack

«pack» in Mova's school dictionary: **a set of things wrapped or sold together: a pack of cards** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (pack, packs); verb (pack, packs, packed, packing)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A pack is a set of things wrapped or sold together: a pack of cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#m1)

2) A pack is a group of wild animals that live and hunt together: a pack of wolves. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#m2)

3) A pack is a bag you carry on your back: a backpack. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#m3)

4) To pack is to put things into a bag or box: pack your suitcase. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#m4)

5) A pack animal is an animal, such as a donkey or mule, that carries heavy loads on its back. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

one equal group bought («Mia buys 8 packs of cards. A pack holds 3 cards» = 8 × 3); «packs of» marks equal groups; one pack shared among friends = divide; in everyday life packing a lunch, packing for a holiday; in science animals in packs (wolves, wild dogs)

### examples

- Mia buys 8 packs of cards. A pack holds 3 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#x1)
- A pack has 6 juice boxes. How many juice boxes are in 5 packs? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#x2)
- Tom shares a pack of 12 stickers among 3 friends. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#x3)
- A pack of playing cards has 52 cards. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#x4)
- Wolves live and hunt in packs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#x5)
- Pack your bag for the school trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#x6)
- Mum packed sandwiches for lunch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#x7)
- Put your pack on your back and let's go. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/#x8)

### note

«packs of» marks equal groups: multiply packs by things in one pack. Trap: one pack shared among friends is divide. In the UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand «a pack of cards»; in the USA often «a deck of cards».

### In the corpora

- [Moving means packing everything, doing paperwork and saying goodbye all at once, so it is very stressful.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/17/)
- [The boiler heats the water and the radiators, and "packed in" means it has stopped working.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/11-when-things-break/5/)
- [Wolves live in packs that are usually a family: a mother, a father and their young of different ages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/24-wolves-and-dogs/4/)
- [Penguins also keep warm with a thick layer of fat and tightly packed waterproof feathers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/99-the-penguin-pool/11/)
- [Feeding huge crowds of pigeons with bread makes too many pigeons, and birds packed in crowds spread mess and illness more easily.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/221-pigeons-head-bobbing-homing-and-city-cliffs/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pack» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pack/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.