prepackage

verb

pre·​pack·​age (ˌ)prē-ˈpa-kij How to pronounce prepackage (audio)
prepackaged; prepackaging; prepackages

transitive verb

: to package (something, such as food or a manufactured article) before offering for sale to the consumer

Examples of prepackage in a Sentence

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Currently, many meals are prepackaged and trucked to schools from a central kitchen. Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 1 May 2023 Messerlian suggests that people can lower their exposure by making small changes in their homes and habits, such as replacing scented detergents and skin creams with fragrance-free varieties and buying cold cuts wrapped in paper at a deli counter rather than items prepackaged in plastic. Claudia Wallis, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2023 As LLMs give chatbot developers a better ability to develop intents for narrow-scope chatbots, the ability to prepackage these solutions in a verticalized way will become increasingly simplified. Halvard Totland, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023 After preparing 45 turkeys and a full Thanksgiving dinner for about 400 people, a group of volunteering medical students behind Project Feast also need to prepackage the meals, remember their masks and tape the floors to promote social distancing. Mckenna Oxenden, baltimoresun.com, 25 Nov. 2021

Word History

First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prepackage was in 1944

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“Prepackage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prepackage. Accessed 7 Dec. 2024.

Kids Definition

prepackage

verb
pre·​pack·​age (ˈ)prē-ˈpak-ij How to pronounce prepackage (audio)
: to package (as food) before offering for sale
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