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# package

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

«package» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A parcel: something wrapped or in a box so it can be posted or delivered. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#m2)
3. A set of things offered together: a holiday package. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#m3)
4. (verb) To put something into a box or wrapping. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x1)
- Each package has 8 pencils. How many in 5 packages? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x2)
- We went on a package holiday to Spain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x3)
- The toys are packaged in plastic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/#x4)
- Grandma sent me a care package of sweets. [tree →](https://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://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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «package» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/package/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«package» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/package.html) on Mova free.