page

The definition of a page is one side of something printed.

(noun)

An example of page is the third piece of paper in a novel.

Page is defined as to add numbers to pieces of paper, to flip through reading material, a request for response from someone over a public address system or a young assistant to an important person.

(verb)

  1. An example of page is to put the numbers 1 through 300 on the pieces of paper in a book.
  2. An example of page is to go through a magazine.
  3. An example of page is a grocery clerk requesting the parents of a lost child to pick up the child at a specific location in the store.
  4. An example of page is the group of youths that deliver messages to congressmen and congresswomen.

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See page in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

    1. one side of a leaf of a book, newspaper, letter, etc.
    2. the printing or writing on such a leaf, often with reference to the particular contents: the sports pages
    3. an entire leaf in a book, etc.
  1. a record of events: the pages of history
  2. an event or series of events that might fill a page: a colorful page in his life
  3. Comput.
    1. a unit of memory, consisting of one or more blocks
    2. Web page
  4. Printing the type set for printing a page

Origin: Fr < L pagina, a page < base of pangere, to fasten: see peace

transitive verb paged, paging

  1. to number the pages of
  2. to make up (copy set in type) into pages

intransitive verb

to turn pages as in scanning: to page through a book

noun

  1. Historical a boy training for knighthood, who attended a knight
  2. a boy attendant or servant, esp. one serving a person of high rank, as at court
  3. a young person, often in uniform, who runs errands, carries messages, etc., as in a legislature or hotel

Origin: OFr < ? or akin to It paggio < Gr paidion, boy, dim. of pais: see pedo-

transitive verb paged, paging

  1. to attend as page
  2. ☆ to try to find, summon, or notify (a person) by calling out the person's name, as a hotel page does, signaling with an electronic device, as a beeper, etc.

Page, Walter Hines 1855-1918; U.S. journalist, editor, & diplomat

See page in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. a. A leaf or one side of a leaf, as of a book, letter, newspaper, or manuscript: tore a page from the book.
    b. The writing or printing on one side of a leaf.
    c. The type set for printing one side of a leaf.
  2. A noteworthy or memorable event: a new page in history.
  3. Computer Science A quantity of memory storage equal to between 512 and 4,096 bytes.
  4. Computer Science A webpage.
  5. pages A source or record of knowledge: in the pages of science.
verb paged paged, pag·ing, pag·es
verb, transitive
To number the pages of; paginate.
verb, intransitive
To turn pages: page through a magazine.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , alteration of Old French pagine

Origin: , from Latin pāgina; see pag- in Indo-European roots

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Related Forms:

  • pageˈfulˌ noun

noun
  1. A boy who acted as a knight's attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood.
  2. A youth in ceremonial employment or attendance at court.
  3. One who is employed to run errands, carry messages, or act as a guide in a hotel, theater, club, or the U.S. Congress or another legislature.
  4. A boy who holds the bride's train at a wedding.
transitive verb paged paged, pag·ing, pag·es
  1. To summon or call (a person) by name.
  2. To summon or call (a person) by means of a beeper.
  3. To attend as a page.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , possibly from Italian paggio

Origin: , perhaps ultimately from Greek paidion

Origin: , diminutive of pais, paid-, child; see pau-1 in Indo-European roots

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