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page

/peɪd͡ʒ/

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

Examples :

"My history book has many pages of information about ancient Rome. "

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One side of a paper leaf on which one has written or printed.

Examples :

"My history textbook has many pages of information about the Roman Empire. "

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Any record or writing; a collective memory.

Examples :

"the page of history"

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The type set up for printing a page.

Examples :

"The printer operator prepared a new page of the report for printing. "

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A screenful of text and possibly other content.

Examples :

"The news page on my phone showed the latest sports scores. "

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A web page.

Examples :

"I visited the school's website and looked at the page describing the new sports program. "

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A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.

Examples :

"The computer program needs a page of memory to store the student's grades. "

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

Examples :

"The librarian is paging the new book collection to prepare it for the sale. "

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(often with “through”) To turn several pages of a publication.

Examples :

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

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To furnish with folios.

Examples :

"The librarian is paging the new book collection with numbered pages. "

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

Examples :

"The king's page delivered the royal decree to the queen. "

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

Examples :

"The young page helped carry the important papers to the headmaster's office. "

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

Examples :

"The page delivered the message to the mayor. "

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(in libraries) The common name given to an employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.

Examples :

"The page helped return the overdue books to the correct shelves. "

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Examples :

"The page is very happy to see his new baby brother. "

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

Examples :

"The dress had a page to keep the skirt from dragging on the ground. "

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

Examples :

"The bricks were moved along the page to the hack for the next stage of construction. "

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A message sent to someone's pager.

Examples :

"My brother received a page on his pager about a family dinner tonight. "

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Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.

Examples :

"The butterfly exhibit at the museum featured a beautiful page moth. "

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To attend (someone) as a page.

Examples :

"The young boy was chosen to page the mayor during the school event. "

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To call or summon (someone).

Examples :

"The teacher will page the students for the important announcement. "

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To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device.

Examples :

"I’ll be out all day, so page me if you need me."

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

Examples :

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

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