What does "page" mean?
One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
Page
/peɪd͡ʒ/ name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Common ·Middle school level
Meaning at a glance
- Primary sense: One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document.
- Grammar: page is listed as name, noun, verb.
- Nearest alternatives: pageboy, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, age.
- Useful contrasts: disregard, ignore, pause.
- Usage evidence: More than 90 percent of visits to a web page are from search engines.
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Definitions
Noun
- 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."
- 2 A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education. historical
- 3 Acronym of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
- 4 one side of one leaf (of a book or magazine or newspaper or letter etc.) or the written or pictorial matter it contains wordnet
- 5 One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
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- 6 A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households. British
- 7 in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood wordnet
- 8 A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode. figuratively
"a page from history"
- 9 A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Canada, US
- 10 a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings wordnet
- 11 The type set up for printing a page.
- 12 An employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
- 13 a boy who is employed to run errands wordnet
- 14 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 […]."
- 15 A contrivance, such as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
- 16 A web page. Internet
- 17 A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
- 18 A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
- 19 A message sent to someone's pager. dated
"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."
- 20 Clipping of memory page. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
- 21 Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
Verb
- 1 To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript. transitive
- 2 To attend (someone) as a page. transitive
"Will these moist trees […]page thy heels"
- 3 contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system wordnet
- 4 To turn several pages of a publication. intransitive, often
"The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor."
- 5 To call or summon (someone). US, obsolete, transitive
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- 6 number the pages of a book or manuscript wordnet
- 7 To furnish with folios. transitive
- 8 To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device. dated, transitive
"I'll be out all day, so page me if you need me."
- 9 work as a page wordnet
- 10 To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them. transitive
"An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?"
Proper Noun
- 1 An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a servant. countable
"Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby."
- 2 A surname from French.
- 3 A unisex given name.; A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, rare, uncountable
- 4 A unisex given name.; Alternative form of Paige; A female given name. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
- 5 A placename in the United States:; A city in Coconino County, Arizona. countable, uncountable
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- 6 A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in York Township, Steuben County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
- 7 A placename in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Nokomis community, Minneapolis, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 8 A placename in the United States:; A township in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
- 9 A placename in the United States:; A village in Holt County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
- 10 A placename in the United States:; A minor city and township in Cass County, North Dakota. countable, uncountable
- 11 A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
- 12 A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia. countable, uncountable
- 13 A placename in the United States:; A census-designated place and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, named after William Nelson Page. countable, uncountable
- 14 A placename in the United States:; A ghost town in King County, Washington. countable, uncountable
- 15 A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. countable, uncountable
- 16 Ellipsis of Page County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
- 17 An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
Synonyms
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"More than 90 percent of visits to a web page are from search engines."
Common questions
What is a synonym for "page"?
Common synonyms include: pageboy, acknowledgment, acknowledgments, age, airline hostess, airline stewardess.
How do you use "page" in a sentence?
More than 90 percent of visits to a web page are from search engines.
How do you pronounce "page"?
Pronounced /peɪd͡ʒ/.
Etymology
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Middle French page, from Latin pāgina, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pagina.
Etymology 2
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.
Etymology 3
From page.
Etymology 4
From French Pagé.