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If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated.
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Meaning of "package" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PACKAGE

package  [ˈpækɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PACKAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Package is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb package in English.

WHAT DOES PACKAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Package

Package may refer to: ▪ Packaging and labeling, the science, art, and technology of enclosing or protecting products for distribution, storage, sale, and use ▪ Package testing, the measurement of a characteristic or property involved with packaging, including packaging materials, packaging components, primary packages, shipping containers, unit loads, and associated processes ▪ Mail item larger than a letter ▪ Chip package or chip carrier, in electronics, the material added around a component or integrated circuit to allow it to be handled without damage and incorporated into a circuit ▪ Electronic packaging, an area of study in electrical engineering regarding the enclosures and protective feature of an electronic device ▪ Automotive package, in automobile production and marketing, a group of related features sold as a bundle ▪ Package holiday, in tourism, a holiday or package tour which consists of transport and accommodation advertised and sold together by a vendor ▪ Term often used for burying a dead body ▪ Euphemism for a nuclear weapon.

Definition of package in the English dictionary

The first definition of package in the dictionary is any wrapped or boxed object or group of objects. Other definition of package is a proposition, offer, or thing for sale in which separate items are offered together as a single or inclusive unit. Package is also a complete unit consisting of a number of component parts sold separately.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PACKAGE

PRESENT

Present
I package
you package
he/she/it packages
we package
you package
they package
Present continuous
I am packaging
you are packaging
he/she/it is packaging
we are packaging
you are packaging
they are packaging
Present perfect
I have packaged
you have packaged
he/she/it has packaged
we have packaged
you have packaged
they have packaged
Present perfect continuous
I have been packaging
you have been packaging
he/she/it has been packaging
we have been packaging
you have been packaging
they have been packaging
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I packaged
you packaged
he/she/it packaged
we packaged
you packaged
they packaged
Past continuous
I was packaging
you were packaging
he/she/it was packaging
we were packaging
you were packaging
they were packaging
Past perfect
I had packaged
you had packaged
he/she/it had packaged
we had packaged
you had packaged
they had packaged
Past perfect continuous
I had been packaging
you had been packaging
he/she/it had been packaging
we had been packaging
you had been packaging
they had been packaging
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will package
you will package
he/she/it will package
we will package
you will package
they will package
Future continuous
I will be packaging
you will be packaging
he/she/it will be packaging
we will be packaging
you will be packaging
they will be packaging
Future perfect
I will have packaged
you will have packaged
he/she/it will have packaged
we will have packaged
you will have packaged
they will have packaged
Future perfect continuous
I will have been packaging
you will have been packaging
he/she/it will have been packaging
we will have been packaging
you will have been packaging
they will have been packaging
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would package
you would package
he/she/it would package
we would package
you would package
they would package
Conditional continuous
I would be packaging
you would be packaging
he/she/it would be packaging
we would be packaging
you would be packaging
they would be packaging
Conditional perfect
I would have package
you would have package
he/she/it would have package
we would have package
you would have package
they would have package
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been packaging
you would have been packaging
he/she/it would have been packaging
we would have been packaging
you would have been packaging
they would have been packaging
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you package
we let´s package
you package
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to package
Past participle
packaged
Present Participle
packaging
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PACKAGE


blockage
ˈblɒkɪdʒ
breakage
ˈbreɪkɪdʒ
corkage
ˈkɔːkɪdʒ
cross-linkage
ˌkrɒsˈlɪŋkɪdʒ
dockage
ˈdɒkɪdʒ
leakage
ˈliːkɪdʒ
linkage
ˈlɪŋkɪdʒ
lockage
ˈlɒkɪdʒ
prepackage
ˈpriːˈpækɪdʒ
repackage
riːˈpækɪdʒ
sackage
ˈsækɪdʒ
shrinkage
ˈʃrɪŋkɪdʒ
sinkage
ˈsɪŋkɪdʒ
soakage
ˈsəʊkɪdʒ
socage
ˈsɒkɪdʒ
stockage
ˈstɒkɪdʒ
tankage
ˈtæŋkɪdʒ
trackage
ˈtrækɪdʒ
truckage
ˈtrʌkɪdʒ
wreckage
ˈrɛkɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PACKAGE

pack in
pack of lies
pack one´s bags
pack rat
pack shot
pack trail
pack up
pack-year
packability
packable
package deal
package holiday
package policy
package store
package tour
packager
packaging
packaging company
packboard
packed

WORDS THAT END LIKE PACKAGE

advantage
age
applications package
average
boskage
bulkage
compensation package
coverage
damage
garage
heritage
home page
image
in this day and age
integrated accounting package
language
manage
severance package
sex linkage
software package

Synonyms and antonyms of package in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PACKAGE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «package» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of package

Translation of «package» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PACKAGE

Find out the translation of package to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of package from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «package» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

包裹
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paquete
570 millions of speakers

English

package
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पैकेज
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

حُزمَةٌ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

пакет
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pacote
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্যাকেজ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

colis
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pakej
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Paket
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

小包
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포장
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Paket
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gói đồ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தொகுப்பு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅकेज
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

paket
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pacchetto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

paczka
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пакунок
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

colet
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πακέτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

pakket
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

paket
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pakke
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of package

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PACKAGE»

The term «package» is very widely used and occupies the 2.475 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of package
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «package».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PACKAGE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «package» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «package» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about package

EXAMPLES

10 QUOTES WITH «PACKAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word package.
1
Roone Arledge
In fact, I had a series of offers which would have brought me a lot of money to make films and package TV programs. There were people who said to me, we'll put a million dollars in your bank account tomorrow, which is a hard thing to turn down.
2
Ben Bass
There's a lot of writing in television that can sound like it's taken out of a package, and the way to get around that is to not allow yourself to deliver it that way.
3
Jeffrey Bewkes
The reason people talk about cable cutting is they imagine the price burden will get so high that people won't be able to pay it. They're missing something: that the actual price of the electronic package is going down. They've got their Internet, phone, TV, all of it. Now people are using more and more stuff for less.
4
Aloe Blacc
I continue to write songs that are topically related to social, political and economic issues of our time, but I also recognize that onstage, I have a lot of fun and audiences have a lot of fun, so I'm trying to package the messages in music and sounds that are fun to perform and fun to listen to.
5
John Breaux
Any that is why I think any kind of a stimulus package is going to have to help people who are without work, without a job, help them have health insurance.
6
Caryl Chessman
If the executioner goes, my package will never be made public. If he doesn't go, it will be made public exactly fifty years from the day the bill for a moratorium on capital punishment is defeated.
7
Rich Cohen
I have long believed that celebrity, the way we worship and package and sell our pop stars, is what filled the need for gods that was once filled by the pictures in stained glass. Hollywood is post-Christian Venice - in other words, a pantheon of saints without the hassle and heartache of religion.
8
Sean Covey
Ultimately, you choose to be happy or miserable. The reality is that although you are free to choose, you can't choose the consequences of your choices. They're preloaded. It's a package deal.
9
Marcia Cross
With the red hair, you get the white skin; it's a package deal. The cons are that you never look particularly attractive on the beach. The pros are in a softly lit room, you look pretty.
10
Tim Curry
In most careers, you find something you do well, and you tie an increasingly larger bow on the package.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PACKAGE»

Discover the use of package in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to package and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the ...
"That certain groups do much better in America than others—as measured by income, occupational status, test scores, and so on—is difficult to talk about. In large part this is because the topic feels racially charged.
Amy Chua, Jed Rubenfeld, 2014
2
Placement and Evaluation Package Interchange Third ...
Passages, Second Edition, is a thoroughly revised edition of Passages, the successful two-level, multi-skills course that takes adult and young-adult learners of English from the high-intermediate to advanced level.
Jack C. Richards, Tay Lesley, Chuck Sandy, 2008
3
New Interchange and Passages Placement and Evaluation Package
The New Interchange/Passages Placement and Evaluation Package contains three versions of a placement test designed to help teachers determine the level of Interchange Third Edition or Passages best suited to their students.
Tay Lesley, 2002
4
Package Design Workbook: The Art and Science of Successful ...
This guide also offers case studies in the back half of the book with the text focusing on why specific colors, formats, type treatments, and finishes were chosen, and what the resulting effects were on the consumer and the client.
Steven DuPuis, John Silva, 2008
5
Handbook of Package Engineering, Third Edition
Now in its third edition, the Handbook of Package Engineering is still considered the standard industry reference on packaging materials and engineering. This text is a useful source of information for anyone involved in packaging.
Joseph F. Hanlon, Robert J. Kelsey, Hallie Forcinio, 1998
6
Package Deal: Marriage, Work And Fatherhood In Men'S Lives
In this important new work, Nicholas Townsend explores what men say about being fathers, and about what fatherhood means to them.
Nicholas Townsend, 2002
7
Backfield Package
The decision of four high school friends to go to the same college so that they can continue playing football together is shaken when one of them begins to receive attention as a star quarterback.
Thomas J. Dygard, 1992
8
Contract II: General Provisions, Delivery of Goods, Package ...
This present volume is the second of a series. The book combines a revision of the parts of the ACQP published in the first volume â?
Research Group on the Existing EC Private Law, 2009
9
H2O: Water Package Design
This book is a collection of some of the best-designed labels for bottled water. Our selection of designs is based on the aesthetic qualities of both the label and the container.
Axioma Comunicació, 2010
10
The Package Tour Industry
This fascinating book allows us to observe the industries steep learning curve from it's infancy in the late 50's to the present day using you the public as guinea pigs. You will find this a gripping yet refreshingly humorous account.
Vincent Cobb, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PACKAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term package is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Ford And Hamlin Could Be Ohio State Package Deal
The Buckeyes offered a scholarship to 2017 Pittsburgh (Pa.) Seton-LaSalle defensive back Paris Ford in the middle of June. Ford was in Ohio ... «247Sports, Jul 15»
2
Key announces immigration package to encourage regional growth
The Government has announced a package of immigration reforms designed to encourage new migrants not to settle in Auckland and move to the regions. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
3
TransLink CEO Job Posting Reveals Generous Pay Package
Former TransLink CEO Ian Jarvis received a total compensation package of $438,700 in 2012, according to the Canadian Taxpayers ... «Huffington Post Canada, Jul 15»
4
Grey district mayor Tony Kokshoorn welcomes immigration package
The Government has announced a package of immigration reforms designed to encourage new migrants not to settle in Auckland and move to the regions. «TVNZ, Jul 15»
5
MTK: Milk producers need aid package
It's demanding the same kind of emergency aid that was recently announced for dairy producers in France, who will receive an aid package of ... «YLE News, Jul 15»
6
2 Women Arrested in Suspicion of Mail, Package Theft
Two women were arrested Thursday in connection with multiple recent mail and package thefts that occurred in Belmont and San Mateo. «Patch.com, Jul 15»
7
Package deal for Heimuli-Lund?
"Me and Simi, we just call ourselves the package deal because we always talk about where we should go together, where the duo should go, ... «BeaverBlitz, Jul 15»
8
Package Should be Given in Crisis, Not for Polls: Shiv Sena to BJP
50,000 financial package for Bihar ahead of assembly elections in the state. "It is really good that you (PM Modi) have come up with these ... «NDTV, Jul 15»
9
Manchester City put together £53m Kevin De Bruyne package?
The same report states that City plan to offer £50m for the playmaker's services, alongside a £170,000-a-week wage package that could also ... «Sports Mole, Jul 15»
10
Will give a bigger package than Rs 50000 crore to Bihar: PM Modi
"When I came before the Lok Sabha elections, I had announced that we will give Bihar a special package of Rs 50,000 crore. Looking at our ... «Times of India, Jul 15»

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