Page

//peɪd͡ʒ// name, noun, verb

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 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. 2
    A surname from French.
  3. 3
    A unisex given name.; A male given name transferred from the surname. countable, rare, uncountable
  4. 4
    A unisex given name.; Alternative form of Paige; A female given name. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A placename in the United States:; A city in Coconino County, Arizona. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in York Township, Steuben County, Indiana. countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    A placename in the United States:; A neighbourhood of Nokomis community, Minneapolis, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  3. 8
    A placename in the United States:; A township in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. countable, uncountable
  4. 9
    A placename in the United States:; A village in Holt County, Nebraska. countable, uncountable
  5. 10
    A placename in the United States:; A minor city and township in Cass County, North Dakota. countable, uncountable
  6. 11
    A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma. countable, uncountable
  7. 12
    A placename in the United States:; An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia. countable, uncountable
  8. 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
  9. 14
    A placename in the United States:; A ghost town in King County, Washington. countable, uncountable
  10. 15
    A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. countable, uncountable
  11. 16
    Ellipsis of Page County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
  12. 17
    An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
Noun
  1. 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. 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. 3
    Acronym of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. abbreviation, acronym, alt-of, uncountable
  4. 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. 5
    One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
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  1. 6
    A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households. British
  2. 7
    in medieval times a youth acting as a knight's attendant as the first stage in training for knighthood wordnet
  3. 8
    A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode. figuratively

    "a page from history"

  4. 9
    A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body. Canada, US
  5. 10
    a youthful attendant at official functions or ceremonies such as legislative functions and weddings wordnet
  6. 11
    The type set up for printing a page.
  7. 12
    An employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
  8. 13
    a boy who is employed to run errands wordnet
  9. 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 […]."

  10. 15
    A contrivance, such as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
  11. 16
    A web page. Internet
  12. 17
    A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
  13. 18
    A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
  14. 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."

  15. 20
    Clipping of memory page. abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
  16. 21
    Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.
Verb
  1. 1
    To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript. transitive
  2. 2
    To attend (someone) as a page. transitive

    "Will these moist trees […]page thy heels"

  3. 3
    contact, as with a pager or by calling somebody's name over a P.A. system wordnet
  4. 4
    To turn several pages of a publication. intransitive, often

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

  5. 5
    To call or summon (someone). US, obsolete, transitive
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  1. 6
    number the pages of a book or manuscript wordnet
  2. 7
    To furnish with folios. transitive
  3. 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."

  4. 9
    work as a page wordnet
  5. 10
    To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them. transitive

    "An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?"

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

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 4

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 5

From page.

Etymology 6

From French Pagé.

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