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Page

see synonyms of page

Noun

1. page

one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains

2. page, sir frederick handley page

English industrialist who pioneered in the design and manufacture of aircraft (1885-1962)

3. page, thomas nelson page

United States diplomat and writer about the Old South (1853-1922)

4. page, pageboy

a boy who is employed to run errands

5. page

a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings

6. page, varlet

in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood

Verb

7. page

contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system

8. page

work as a page

Example Sentences:
'He is paging in Congress this summer'

9. foliate, page, paginate

number the pages of a book or manuscript

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Page

see synonyms of page
noun
1. Word forms: plural pp
one side of one of the leaves of a book, newspaper, letter, etc, or the written or printed matter it bears
. Abbreviation: p
2. 
such a leaf considered as a unit
insert a new page
3. 
a screenful of information from a website, teletext service, etc, displayed on a television monitor or visual display unit
4. 
an episode, phase, or period
a glorious page in the revolution
5. printing
the type as set up for printing a page
6.  on the same page
verb
7.  another word for paginate
8. (intransitive; foll by through)
to look through (a book, report, etc); leaf through
noun
1. 
a boy employed to run errands, carry messages, etc, for the guests in a hotel, club, etc
2. 
a youth in attendance at official functions or ceremonies, esp weddings
3. medieval history
a. 
a boy in training for knighthood in personal attendance on a knight
b. 
a youth in the personal service of a person of rank, esp in a royal household
page of the chamber
4. 
(in the US) an attendant at Congress or other legislative body
5. Canadian
a person employed in the debating chamber of the House of Commons, the Senate, or a legislative assembly to carry messages for members
verb (transitive)
6. 
to call out the name of (a person), esp by a loudspeaker system, so as to give him or her a message
7. 
to call (a person) by an electronic device, such as a pager
8. 
to act as a page to or attend as a page
noun
1. 
Sir Earle (Christmas Grafton). 1880–1961, Australian statesman; co-leader, with S. M. Bruce, of the federal government of Australia (1923–29)
2. 
Sir Frederick Handley. 1885–1962, English pioneer in the design and manufacture of aircraft

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Page

see synonyms of page
Walter Hines (haɪnz ) ; hīnz) 1855-1918; U.S. journalist, editor, & diplomat
noun
1. 
a. 
one side of a leaf of a book, newspaper, letter, etc.
b. 
the printing or writing on such a leaf, often with reference to the particular contents
the sports pages
c. 
an entire leaf in a book, etc.
2.  [often pl.]
a record of events
the pages of history
3. 
an event or series of events that might fill a page
a colorful page in his life
4.  Computing
a. 
a unit of memory, consisting of one or more blocks
see also block (sense 15)
b. 
Web page
see also home page
5.  Printing
the type set for printing a page
verb transitiveWord forms: paged or ˈpaging
6. 
to number the pages of
7. 
to make up (copy set in type) into pages
verb intransitive
8. 
to turn pages as in scanning
to page through a book
noun
1.  Obsolete
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
verb transitiveWord forms: paged or ˈpaging
4. 
to attend as page
5.  US
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.

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Page

see synonyms of page
n.
1.
a. A side of a sheet of paper, as in a book or newspaper: tore a page from the book.
b. The writing or printing on one side of a page.
c. The type set for printing one side of a page.
2. A noteworthy or memorable event: a new page in history.
3. Computers A webpage.
4. Computers A quantity of memory storage equal to between 512 and 4,096 bytes.
5. pages A source or record of knowledge: in the pages of science.
v. paged, pag·ing, pag·es
v.tr.
To number the pages of; paginate: page a manuscript.
v.intr.
To turn pages: page through a magazine.
n.
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.
a. One who is employed to run errands, carry messages, or act as a guide in a hotel, theater, or club.
b. One who is similarly employed in the US Congress or another legislature.
4. A boy who holds the bride's train at a wedding.
tr.v. paged, pag·ing, pag·es
1. To summon or call (a person) by name.
2. To contact (someone) by sending a message to his or her pager: The doctor was paged during dinner.
3. To attend as a page.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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