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1[ peyj ]
noun
- one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
- the entire leaf of such a printed or written thing:
He tore out one of the pages.
- a single sheet of paper for writing.
- a noteworthy or distinctive event or period:
a reign that formed a gloomy page in English history.
- Printing. the type set and arranged for a page.
- Computers.
- a relatively small block of main or secondary storage, up to about 1024 words.
- a block of program instructions or data stored in main or secondary storage.
- (in word processing) a portion of a document.
verb (used with object)
- to paginate.
- to turn pages (usually followed by through ):
to page through a book looking for a specific passage.
page
2[ peyj ]
noun
- a boy servant or attendant.
- a youth in attendance on a person of rank or, in medieval times, a youth being trained for knighthood.
- an attendant or employee, usually in uniform, who carries messages, ushers guests, runs errands, etc.
- a person employed by a legislature to carry messages and run errands for the members, as in the U.S. Congress.
verb (used with object)
- to summon formally by calling out the name of repeatedly:
He had his father paged in the hotel lobby.
- to summon or alert by electronic pager.
- to control (an electrical appliance, machine, etc.) remotely by means of an electronic signal.
- to attend as a page.
Page
3[ peyj ]
noun
- Thomas Nelson, 1853–1922, U.S. novelist and diplomat.
- Walter Hines, 1855–1918, U.S. journalist, editor, and diplomat.
Page
1/ ɪ /
noun
- PageSir Earle (Christmas Grafton)18801961MAustralianPOLITICS: statesman Sir Earle ( Christmas Grafton ). 1880–1961, Australian statesman; co-leader, with S. M. Bruce, of the federal government of Australia (1923–29)
- PageSir Frederick Handley18851962MEnglishTECHNOLOGY: aircraft designerTECHNOLOGY: aircraft manufacturer Sir Frederick Handley. 1885–1962, English pioneer in the design and manufacture of aircraft
page
2/ ɪ /
noun
- pp one side of one of the leaves of a book, newspaper, letter, etc or the written or printed matter it bears p
- such a leaf considered as a unit
insert a new page
- a screenful of information from a website, teletext service, etc, displayed on a television monitor or visual display unit
- an episode, phase, or period
a glorious page in the revolution
- printing the type as set up for printing a page
verb
- another word for paginate
- intrfoll bythrough to look through (a book, report, etc); leaf through
page
3/ ɪ /
noun
- a boy employed to run errands, carry messages, etc, for the guests in a hotel, club, etc
- a youth in attendance at official functions or ceremonies, esp weddings
- medieval history
- a boy in training for knighthood in personal attendance on a knight
- a youth in the personal service of a person of rank, esp in a royal household
page of the chamber
- (in the US) an attendant at Congress or other legislative body
- a person employed in the debating chamber of the House of Commons, the Senate, or a legislative assembly to carry messages for members
verb
- to call out the name of (a person), esp by a loudspeaker system, so as to give him a message
- to call (a person) by an electronic device, such as a pager
- to act as a page to or attend as a page
Word History and Origins
Origin of page1
Origin of page2
Word History and Origins
Origin of page1
Origin of page2
Idioms and Phrases
- on the same page, Informal. (of two or more people) having a similar understanding or way of thinking:
Parents should be on the same page about raising their children.
Example Sentences
The “Pose” actor and “Drag Race Philippines” judge was hospitalized for a “severe” infection and lost “most of her right leg,” a family statement said Thursday on her Instagram page.
The band posted news of Thomas’ death on its official Facebook page, where the cause of death was given as “a long illness.”
In August 2015, he posted on his Facebook page that "Islam has no place on this earth. One big nuke bomb needed".
“This brand is bigger than any one person and bigger than what I’m able to lead on my own,” McFarland said Wednesday in a statement shared to the Fyre Festival website and Instagram page.
By leaning into those realities, taking a page from Charles' indifference to opinion and giving it her own cool spin, she could take her ambitions to a new level.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
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