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packaging

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English

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Verb

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packaging

  1. present participle and gerund of package

Noun

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packaging (usually uncountable, plural packagings)

  1. The act of packing something.
  2. The materials used to pack something.
  3. The industry that produces such material.
  4. (by extension) The manner in which a person or product is promoted.
    • 1982 December 18, Rob Schmieder, “A Welcome Anomaly”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 22, page 10:
      Do Amaral seems to belong more to a Europian [sic] tradition than to any of the artistic pigeonholes currently in vogue in the States. His failure to show allegiance to any one medium makes him resistant to the relentless packaging that is a feature even of much avant garde American art.

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French

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Noun

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packaging m (plural packagings)

  1. packaging (material)

Spanish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English packaging.

Noun

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packaging m (uncountable)

  1. packaging