page

noun, verb — 23 senses

page

noun

/peɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology Borrowed from Middle French page, from Latin pāgina, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pagina.

8 senses
  1. 1One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a…
  2. 2One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
  3. 3A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.
  4. 4The type set up for printing a page.
  5. 5A screenful of text and possibly other content…
  6. 6A web page.
  7. 7A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
  8. 8Clipping of memory page.
1

One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.

  • The book which he was reading had 213 pages.
  • The graph is on page 30, but I opened the textbook at page 32.
2 more examples
  • Such was the book from whose pages she sang.1858 October 16, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, “The Courtship of Miles Standish”, in The Courtship of Miles Standish, and Other Poems, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, →OCLC:
  • The ability of a segment of a glass sphere to magnify whatever is placed before it was known around the year 1000, when the spherical segment was called a reading stone,[…]. Scribes, illuminators, and scholars held such stones directly over manuscript pages as an aid in seeing what was being written, drawn, or read.2013 September-October, Henry Petroski, “The Evolution of Eyeglasses”, in American Scientist:
2

One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.

3

Figuratively A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode.

  • a page from history
4

Media, Publishing, Typography The type set up for printing a page.

5

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf.

  • To view man pages for a command: Type man followed by the name of the command (for example, man ls), and press Return. […] To view the next page: Press Spacebar. The manual advances one page […].2003, Maria Langer, Mac OS X 10.2 Advanced, page 44:
6

Internet A web page.

7

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.

8

Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Abbreviation, Clipping Clipping of memory page.

Derived terms
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Related terms
pageant

page

verb

Etymology Borrowed from Middle French page, from Latin pāgina, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pagina.

1

To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.

2

Often, With “through” To turn several pages of a publication.

  • The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor.
3

To furnish with folios.

Derived terms
mispage, pageability, pageable

page

noun

Etymology From Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Medieval Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions". Used in English from the 13th century onwards.

8 senses
  1. 1A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high…
  2. 2A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door…
  3. 3A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a…
  4. 4An employee whose main purpose is to replace materials…
  5. 5A contrivance, such as a band, pin, snap, or the like…
  6. 6A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks…
  7. 7A message sent to someone's pager.
  8. 8Any one of several species of colorful South American…
1

Historical A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.

2

UK A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.

3

Canada, US A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.

4

In libraries An employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.

5

A contrivance, such as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.

6

A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.

7

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications Dated A message sent to someone's pager.

  • Before he could bring it down, the pager clipped to his belt went off. […] If you were a lawyer or a business executive, maybe you could afford to ignore your pages for a while, but when you were a County Sheriff—and one who was elected rather than appointed—there wasn't much question about priorities.1991, Stephen King, Needful Things, page 355:
  • Woman, why don't you be answering any of my pages?1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Murray (Donald Faison):
8

Biology, Entomology, Natural sciences Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.

Derived terms
pageboy, pagedom, pagehood, pageship

page

verb

Etymology From Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Medieval Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions". Used in English from the 13th century onwards.

1

To attend (someone) as a page.

  • Will these moist trees […]page thy heelsc. 1605–1608 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Tymon of Athens”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
2

US, Obsolete, In UK To call or summon (someone).

3

Communications, Electrical engineering, Engineering, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Telecommunications Dated To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.

  • I'll be out all day, so page me if you need me.
  • It's not even eight thirty and Murray is paging me.1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless, spoken by Dionne (Stacey Dash):
4

To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them.

  • An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?
Derived terms
pager

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