different between package vs assortment
package
English
Etymology
Equivalent to pack + -age. Possibly influenced by Anglo-Latin paccagium or Old French pacquage.
Pronunciation
- (UK, General Australian, US, Canada) IPA(key): /?pæk?d?/
- California, US: IPA(key): [?p?ak?d??]
Noun
package (countable and uncountable, plural packages)
- Something which is packed, a parcel, a box, an envelope.
- Something which consists of various components, such as a piece of computer software.
- Did you test the software package to ensure completeness?
- (software) A piece of software which has been prepared in such a way that it can be installed with a package manager.
- (uncountable, archaic) The act of packing something.
- Something resembling a package.
- A package holiday.
- A football formation.
- the "dime" defensive package
- For third and short, they're going to bring in their jumbo package.
- (euphemistic, vulgar) The male genitalia.
- 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours (page 93)
- The women usually wore bikini tops with shorts, swimsuits underneath cover-ups or just swimsuits. Men came in various types of trunks, from traditional boxers, to Speedos, to G-string trunks that showcased their packages.
- 2013, Velvet Carter, Blissfully Yours (page 93)
- (uncountable, historical) A charge made for packing goods.
- (journalism) A group of related stories spread over several pages.
Translations
Verb
package (third-person singular simple present packages, present participle packaging, simple past and past participle packaged)
- To pack or bundle something.
- To travel on a package holiday.
- To prepare (a book, a television series, etc.), including all stages from research to production, in order to sell the result to a publisher or broadcaster.
Translations
References
- “package, n.”, in OED Online ?, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, January 2015
package From the web:
- what packages proteins
- what packages require a signature
- what packages proteins in a cell
- what packages and transports proteins
- what packages does comcast offer
- what packages and ships proteins
- what packages does spectrum offer
- what packages require a signature fedex
assortment
English
Etymology
assort +? -ment
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /??s??tm?nt/
Noun
assortment (plural assortments)
- A collection of varying but related items.
- This box has an assortment of chocolates. There's a picture on the cover so you know which is which.
Synonyms
- diversity, Whitman's sampler
- See also Thesaurus:hodgepodge
Translations
assortment From the web:
- what assortment means
- what assortment occurs during meiosis
- what assortment means in farsi
- assortment what part of speech
- what does assortment mean
- what is assortment in retail
- what is assortment planning
- what's independent assortment
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