What does package mean?

Definitions for package
ˈpæk ɪdʒpack·age

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word package.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. package, bundle, packet, parcelnoun

    a collection of things wrapped or boxed together

  2. package, parcelnoun

    a wrapped container

  3. software, software program, computer software, software system, software package, packageverb

    (computer science) written programs or procedures or rules and associated documentation pertaining to the operation of a computer system and that are stored in read/write memory

    "the market for software is expected to expand"

  4. box, packageverb

    put into a box

    "box the gift, please"

Wiktionary

  1. packagenoun

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

  2. packagenoun

    Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.

    Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?

  3. packagenoun

    The art of packing something.

  4. packagenoun

    Something resembling a package.

  5. packagenoun

    A package holiday.

  6. packagenoun

    A football formation. IE; the "dime" defensive package.

  7. packagenoun

    The male genitalia.

  8. packageverb

    To pack or bundle something.

  9. packageverb

    To travel on a package holiday.

  10. Etymology: From pack + -age (act of packaging) or from cognate pakkage.

ChatGPT

  1. package

    A package is a container or bundle that holds multiple related items or units together for the purpose of transport, storage, or selling. In the context of software development, a package refers to a compartmentalized module or library that contains pre-written, reusable code to perform certain functions or tasks in a program.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Packagenoun

    act or process of packing

  2. Packagenoun

    a bundle made up for transportation; a packet; a bale; a parcel; as, a package of goods

  3. Packagenoun

    a charge made for packing goods

  4. Packagenoun

    a duty formerly charged in the port of London on goods imported or exported by aliens, or by denizens who were the sons of aliens

Wikidata

  1. Package

    A package in the Unified Modeling Language is used "to group elements, and to provide a namespace for the grouped elements". A package may contain other packages, thus providing for a hierarchical organization of packages. Pretty much all UML elements can be grouped into packages. Thus, classes, objects, use cases, components, nodes, node instances etc. can all be organized as packages, thus enabling a manageable organization of the myriad elements that a real-world UML model entails.

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'package' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1813

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'package' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2751

  3. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'package' in Nouns Frequency: #654

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of package in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of package in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of package in a Sentence

  1. Chuck Schumer:

    There’s universal agreement: We must go big and bold, we are united as one for a big, bold package, working with our Republican friends when we can.

  2. Steve DeSanctis:

    There are still a lot of headaches coming, whether it is Brexit, China - what is the (trade) package going to look like? - the legal stuff in Washington.

  3. Donald Trump:

    I think we're going to have a great healthcare package ... If we get back the House and on the assumption we keep the Senate and we keep the presidency – which I hope are two good assumptions – we're going to have a phenomenal healthcare.

  4. John Larsen:

    I would say a watered down CEPP may be worse than no CEPP, as long as the clean energy tax credit package is in at the scale and ambition people have been talking about for months, you're already going to have increased acceleration of clean energy in America.

  5. Hideyuki Kudo:

    I don't know whether the assets will be sold in one package or in pieces nor what kind of time frame the sale will be conducted, but we would like to respond to a variety of possible patterns, in any case, it's a very attractive deal.

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