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  noun

  one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.
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  Thomas Nelson, 1853–1922, U.S. novelist and diplomat.

page

¹ American  

[payj] / peɪdʒ /

noun

1. one side of a leaf of something printed or written, as a book, manuscript, or letter.

2. the entire leaf of such a printed or written thing.

   He tore out one of the pages.

3. a single sheet of paper for writing.

4. a noteworthy or distinctive event or period.

   a reign that formed a gloomy page in English history.

5. Printing. the type set and arranged for a page.

6. Computers.

   1. web page.

   2. a relatively small block of main or secondary storage, up to about 1024 words.

   3. a block of program instructions or data stored in main or secondary storage.

   4. (in word processing) a portion of a document.

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verb (used with object)

paged, paging

1. to paginate.

2. to turn pages (usually followed bythrough ).

   to page through a book looking for a specific passage.

idioms

1. on the same page, (of two or more people) having a similar understanding or way of thinking.

   Parents should be on the same page about raising their children.

page ² American  

[payj] / peɪdʒ /

noun

1. a boy servant or attendant.

2. a youth in attendance on a person of rank or, in medieval times, a youth being trained for knighthood.

3. an attendant or employee, usually in uniform, who carries messages, ushers guests, runs errands, etc.

4. a person employed by a legislature to carry messages and run errands for the members, as in the U.S. Congress.

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verb (used with object)

paged, paging

1. to summon formally by calling out the name of repeatedly.

   He had his father paged in the hotel lobby.

2. to summon or alert by electronic pager.

3. to control (an electrical appliance, machine, etc.) remotely by means of an electronic signal.

4. to attend as a page.

Page ³ American  

[payj] / peɪdʒ /

noun

1. Thomas Nelson, 1853–1922, U.S. novelist and diplomat.

2. Walter Hines, 1855–1918, U.S. journalist, editor, and diplomat.

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page ¹ British  

/ peɪdʒ /

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

   1. a boy in training for knighthood in personal attendance on a knight

   2. 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. a person employed in the debating chamber of the House of Commons, the Senate, or a legislative assembly to carry messages for members

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verb

1. to call out the name of (a person), esp by a loudspeaker system, so as to give him a message

2. to call (a person) by an electronic device, such as a pager

3. to act as a page to or attend as a page

page ² British  

/ peɪdʒ /

noun

1. p. one side of one of the leaves of a book, newspaper, letter, etc or the written or printed matter it bears

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

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verb

1. another word for paginate

2. to look through (a book, report, etc); leaf through

Page ³ British  

/ peɪdʒ /

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

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Etymology

Origin of page¹

First recorded in 1450–1500; from Middle French, from Latin pāgina “column of writing; leaf of a double door”; akin to pangere “to fix, make fast”

Origin of page²

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English noun page, paige, from Old French, of uncertain origin

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Explanation

A page is one sheet of a book, magazine, or other collection of papers. You can read a page in a children's picture book much faster than a page of War and Peace. If you read a book, turning its pages, you page through it, and if you write a number on each unnumbered page, you could say you page it. There are other pages too, including a medieval knight's assistant and an errand-runner in a legislative office. You can also page someone, or call for them over a speaker in a public place — this meaning comes from the idea of "sending a page to fetch someone."

Example Sentences

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The group launched a Telegram channel shortly before the attack and included a link to the page in the first message it sent through the system.

From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026

About whether to see terror and tyranny for what they are, and turn the page.

From Salon ● Nov. 2, 2026

It’s a long way off from where Johanningmeier grew up in Colorado, as a “typical angsty and lonely teen” manning a Hayley Williams stan page and listening to metalcore bands like Bring Me the Horizon.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026

This was illustrated when he recently made a £10,000 donation to a GoFundMe page for Everton fan Leon Skapars, 36, a father of three who has been diagnosed with cancer.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

It looks like a page from a newspaper.

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler

Almost exactly 70 years ago, in October 1956, The Wall Street Journal ran this article on Page One:

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026

Page Six reported Friday that McHenry was “forced to resign” on Thursday, the day after the alleged incident at the Washington Wizards’ home opener against the Milwaukee Bucks at Capital One Arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026

There is no place for in-form Scarlets wing Macs Page, but Dragons' Dyer, who has also started the season strongly, does earn a recall.

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

Van Zandt has no signs of slowing down anytime soon, as Page Six recently reported that he is working on screenplays “set in the Garden State.”

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026

It was disori- enting for Ash, who was accustomed to the quiet of Quinn House; the bustling kitchen of the Page Street mansion and the number of servants go- ing about their tasks were dizzying.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

Sometimes, recalling another ingredient needed, she called Safeway and had her husband paged.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 14, 2026

They were recently paged to a fire in Carrick Castle, a village about six miles from Lochgoilhead.

From BBC ● Feb. 2, 2024

I paged through, stopped and smiled when I saw it.

From New York Times ● Jan. 17, 2024

But the degree of the congressman’s mendaciousness grew increasingly impressive as reporters paged through the Santos Files.

From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023

Wanda paged through one of the folders, and a thin bound book fell out of it.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro

“You’ve always got to prove it as a writer,” says McDonagh, a seven-time nominee, in an interview near his home in London while paging through his rough draft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

The company which owns and operates the pager network said it provides encrypted paging and secure messaging solutions, with "customers determining how those services are deployed".

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

But around three seconds in, your amygdala starts paging for backup.

From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

It's an unexpectedly sentimental exercise to take stock of how you bedazzle, spice, umami and sweeten your eating life — almost like paging through old photo albums.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2022

They began paging through it when suddenly Makgatho stopped at a picture of me taken before I had gone underground.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela

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