{
    "term": "packet",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "image": "data/images/pa/packaging.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a small container made of paper or card in which goods are packed for selling",
            "labels": "(British English)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a packet of biscuits/cigarettes/crisps"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["empty", "cereal", "cigarette"],
                "verb + packet": ["open"],
                "packet + verb": ["contain something"],
                "packet + noun": ["soup"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the packet", "packet of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a small object wrapped in paper or put into a thick envelope so that it can be sent by mail, carried easily or given as a present",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A packet of photographs arrived with the mail."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["empty", "cereal", "cigarette"],
                "verb + packet": ["open"],
                "packet + verb": ["contain something"],
                "packet + noun": ["soup"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the packet", "packet of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a closed plastic or paper package that contains a very small amount of liquid or a powder",
            "labels": "(North American English)British English",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a packet of instant cocoa mix"
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["empty", "cereal", "cigarette"],
                "verb + packet": ["open"],
                "packet + verb": ["contain something"],
                "packet + noun": ["soup"],
                "preposition": ["on a/​the packet", "packet of"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "a large amount of money",
            "labels": "(British English, informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "That car must have cost a packet."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a piece of information that forms part of a message sent through a computer network",
            "labels": "(computing)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The data transmission is split into a number of packets of equal size."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "a set of documents that are supplied together for a particular purpose",
            "labels": "(North American English)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a training packet"
                },
                {
                    "text": "My kids have summer math packets from their schools."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpækɪt/",
                "audio": "pa/packet/packet__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈpækɪt/",
                "audio": "pa/packet/packet__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "mid 16th cent.: diminutive of pack, perhaps from Anglo-Norman French; compare with Anglo-Latin paccettum."
}