# packaged

Pronunciation: say "PAK-ijd" /ˈpæ.kɪd͡ʒd/

## Adjective

1. Having been placed inside a package or wrapping, typically for sale, storage, or shipping.
   - Simple: Put inside a box, bag, or wrapper, usually to sell or store it.
   - _Customers increasingly avoid packaged meals in favor of fresh ingredients._
   - _The warehouse stores packaged goods until trucks arrive to collect them._

## Verb

2. Simple past and past participle of package. — simple past and past participle of package
   - Simple: Past tense and past participle of package. Use this form for something that already happened.
   - _The factory packaged thousands of units last week._
   - _Workers packaged the fragile vases in layers of foam._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/packaged (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).