packet
To make up into a packet or bundleTo make up into a packet or bundle.
» Tom smoked two packets of cigarettes yesterday.
Том вчера выкурил две пачки сигарет. — marafon
Ergulis · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 senses(transitive)To make up into a packet or bundle.
(transitive)To send in a packet or dispatch vessel.
(intransitive)To ply with a packet or dispatch boat.
(Internet, transitive)To subject to a denial-of-service attack in which a large number of data packets are sent.
Examples
58 sentencesTom smoked two packets of cigarettes yesterday.
ruТом вчера выкурил две пачки сигарет. — marafon
Emily bought a packet of crisps.
Емілі купила пакетик чіпсів. — deniko
ruЭмили купила пакетик чипсов. — odexed
deEmilie hat sich eine Tüte Kartoffelchips gekauft. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I bought two packets of pistachios.
ruЯ купил два пакета фисташек. — marafon
He opened a packet of biscuits.
deEr machte eine Tüte Kekse auf. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
She opened a packet of biscuits.
deSie öffnete eine Packung Kekse. — Yorwba
Origin
From Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently frFrom Middle English pacquet; either from Middle French pacquet, or formed independently from pak and -et.
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Forms
packets, packeting, packeted, packetedWord family
4 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.