pack

Pronunciation: /pæk/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: B1 — Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a large indefinite number
  2. noun a complete collection of similar things
  3. noun a convenient package or parcel (as of cigarettes or film)

Etymology

From Middle English pak, pakke, from Old English *pæcca and/or Middle Dutch pak, packe; both ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *pakkō, from Proto-Germanic *pakkô (“bundle, pack”). Cognate with Dutch pak (“pack”), Low German Pack (“pack”), German Pack (“pack”), Swedish packe (“pack”), Icelandic pakka, pakki (“package”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

battalion, large number, multitude, plurality

Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
large indefinite quantity

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