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Definition of Folio in English :

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Noun

1. folio, page number, pagination, paging

the system of numbering pages

2. folio, leaf

a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book)

leaf

3. folio

a book (or manuscript) consisting of large sheets of paper folded in the middle to make two leaves or four pages

Example Sentences:
'the first folio of Shakespeare's plays'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Folio

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noun plural -lios

1.

a sheet of paper folded in half to make two leaves for a book or manuscript

2.

a book or manuscript of the largest common size made up of such sheets

3.

a leaf of paper or parchment numbered on the front side only

4.

a page number in a book

5. law

a unit of measurement of the length of legal documents, determined by the number of words, generally 72 or 90 in Britain and 100 in the US

6. New Zealand

a collection of related material

adjective

7.

relating to or having the format of a folio

a folio edition

verb -lios, -lioing or -lioed

8. (transitive)

to number the leaves of (a book) consecutively

Folio

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nounWord forms: plural ˈfoliˌos

1. Accounting

a page of a ledger, or facing pages with the same number

2. Law

a set number of words (100 in the U.S., 72 or 90 in England) considered as a unit of measuring the length of a legal or official document

3. Printing

a.

a large sheet of paper folded once, so that it forms two leaves, or four pages, of a book, manuscript, etc.

b.

a large size of book, about 12 by 15 inches, made of sheets folded in this way

c.

a leaf of a manuscript, book, etc. numbered on only one side

d.

the number of a page in a book, etc.

adjective

4.

having sheets folded once; of the size of a folio

verb transitiveWord forms: ˈfoliˌoed or ˈfoliˌoing

5.

to number the pages of (a book, etc.) consecutively; page

Folio

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n. pl. fo·li·os

1.

a. A large sheet of paper folded once in the middle, making two leaves or four pages of a book or manuscript.

b. A book or manuscript of the largest common size, usually about 38 centimeters (15 inches) in height, consisting of such folded sheets.

2.

a. A leaf of a book numbered only on the front side.

b. A number on such a leaf.

c. A page number.

3. Law A specific number of words used as a unit for measuring the length of the text of a legal document.

tr.v. fo·li·oed, fo·li·o·ing, fo·li·os

To number consecutively the pages or leaves of (a book, for example).

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