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# package

«package» in Mova's school dictionary: **A parcel: something wrapped or in a box so it can be…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a package, packages); verb (package, packages, packaged, packaging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A parcel: something wrapped or in a box so it can be posted or delivered. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#m1)

2) (US) A packet or box of something in a shop: a package of cookies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#m2)

3) A set of things offered together: a holiday package. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#m3)

4) (verb) To put something into a box or wrapping. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life deliveries arrive as packages. In maths problems packages hold a fixed number of items (6 rolls in each package) and you multiply or divide. In safety, never open a suspicious package. Phrases: package holiday, package deal, care package.

### examples

- A package came for you in the post. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x1)
- Each package has 8 pencils. How many in 5 packages? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x2)
- We went on a package holiday to Spain. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x3)
- The toys are packaged in plastic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x4)
- Grandma sent me a care package of sweets. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x5)
- Don't open a package if you don't know who it's from. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x6)

### note

Countable. Noun «packaging» means the wrapping material. UK says parcel or packet more often; US says package. Maths: «each package holds n» means total = number of packages × n; «how many packages» means divide and round up if some are left over.

### In the corpora

- ["New look, same great taste" can mean a smaller package for the same price.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/23-fees-bugs-and-spin/7/)
- [Doors, packages and busy places have their own rules.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/446-a-strangers-story/17/)
- [Never carry packages or bags for strangers.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/446-a-strangers-story/37/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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