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whole packages

whole packages is the plural of whole package.

Meaning of whole package

Noun

whole package (plural whole packages)

  1. (usually) All the elements constituting a whole or occurring as a unit.
    • What MacIntyre therefore rejects is the whole package, namely a growth economy managed by the state, with occasional corrections with welfare, and so on.2003, Ronald Beiner, Liberalism, nationalism, citizenship: essays on the problem of political community, →ISBN
  2. (idiomatic, usually) Something or someone that possesses a full set of relevant characteristics, usually desirable ones.
    • For us, they are the whole package—fantastic foliage, precocious bloom, and beautiful flowers. In short, elegant simplicity.2006, C. Colston Burrell, Judith Knott Tyler, Hellebores: a comprehensive guide, →ISBN, page 17

Questions about whole packages

What is whole packages the plural of?
Whole packages is the plural of whole package.

Words near whole packages in the dictionary

  1. whole note
  2. whole notes
  3. whole number
  4. whole numbers
  5. whole package
  6. whole packages
  7. whole paycheck
  8. whole plate
  9. whole plates
  10. whole rest
  11. whole rests

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