Packaged Package ˈpækɪdʒ Products Recyclable Materials Ready Verb

• packaged food/goods
• we package our products in recyclable materials.
• the orders were already packaged up, ready to be sent.
• politicians who are packaged and presented to the public

package

1. to put something into a box, bag, etc. to be sold or transported
• packaged food/goods
• We package our products in recyclable materials.
• The orders were already packaged up, ready to be sent.
2. to present somebody/something in a particular way
• politicians who are packaged and presented to the public
• an attempt to package news as entertainment

Extra Examples

• The books were all packaged up and ready to be sent out.
• The glasses had been carefully packaged for the journey to England.
• Our products are packaged in recyclable materials.

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they package
• he / she / it packages
• past simple packaged
• past participle packaged
• -ing form packaging

Word Origin

• mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting the action or mode of packing goods): from the verb pack + -age; compare with Anglo-Latin paccagium. The verb dates from the 1920s.