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)- An example of page is to put the numbers 1 through 300 on the pieces of paper in a book.
- An example of page is to go through a magazine.
- 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.
- An example of page is the group of youths that deliver messages to congressmen and congresswomen.
See page in Webster's New World College Dictionary
noun
- one side of a leaf of a book, newspaper, letter, etc.
- the printing or writing on such a leaf, often with reference to the particular contents: the sports pages
- an entire leaf in a book, etc.
- a record of events: the pages of history
- an event or series of events that might fill a page: a colorful page in his life
- Comput.
- a unit of memory, consisting of one or more blocks
- Web page
- Printing the type set for printing a page
Origin: Fr < L pagina, a page < base of pangere, to fasten: see peace
intransitive verb
noun
- Historical a boy training for knighthood, who attended a knight
- a boy attendant or servant, esp. one serving a person of high rank, as at court
- 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-
See page in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- 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.
- A noteworthy or memorable event: a new page in history.
- Computer Science A quantity of memory storage equal to between 512 and 4,096 bytes.
- Computer Science A webpage.
- pages A source or record of knowledge: in the pages of science.
Origin:
Origin: French
Origin: , alteration of Old French pagine
Origin: , from Latin pāgina; see pag- in Indo-European roots
.Related Forms:
- pageˈfulˌ noun
noun
- A boy who acted as a knight's attendant as the first stage of training for chivalric knighthood.
- A youth in ceremonial employment or attendance at court.
- 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.
- A boy who holds the bride's train at a wedding.
- To summon or call (a person) by name.
- To summon or call (a person) by means of a beeper.
- 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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