pack
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1.0
- noun
- /pæk/
- I've never been part of a pack before.
- a pack of wolves
- a pack of dogs
- a pack leader
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Examples
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We would still be a pack of savages.
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We were in the middle of the pack then, and we're in the middle of the pack today.
Academic text (2015) -
And the leader of the deadly pack was standing right next to her.
Fiction book (1991) -
For all we know what's happening here is a bear or a pack of wolves.
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His status is indicated by a pack of hounds and a hunting horn.
Academic text (1996) -
In all likelihood, the killings were simply the work of a wolf or pack of wolves, says Smith.
Academic text (2011) -
In the weeks after Alvio's disappearance, the pack began attacking sheep in broad daylight.
Academic text (1996) -
A solitary Borophagus diversidens defends its prey from a pack of Canis lepophagus.
Academic text (2008) -
The pack of wolves worked together to hunt their prey.
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She joined a pack of hikers who were exploring the national park.
Synonyms
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1.4
A group of people who are often friends
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1.0
A large group of the same kind of animals that stay or move together
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4.8
A group like a company or team that works together
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1.0
A group of animals like birds or sheep that move together
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3.4
A large moving group of people or animals that seems hard to control and overwhelming
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4.9
A small trusted group of people with special power or access in an organization
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6.4
A small, close group of people who keep others out
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2.7
A group of people or animals that move together in an orderly way
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2.7
People or things that form one unit
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3.2
A group of wolves that live and hunt together
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3.2
A group of people or things crowded closely together
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8.7
A small closed group of people who share the same interest
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5.6
A small group of things or people handled together
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2.0
A number of animals seen together as one unit, like a herd
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6.6
A group of people who act together for a shared purpose
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3.5
A group of people who do a task together for a project
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8.1
A small group of people with the same interests who treat each other as special
Antonyms
Idioms
- Offensive
Put people very close together with almost no space between them
Compounds
- US
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3.0
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Pack for a group of animals comes from an old word meaning 'bundle', the same root you see in package and packet. Think of wolves moving like a single bundled unit, so a pack is a group that acts together.