page

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[ peyj ]

/ peɪdʒ /

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

the entire leaf of such a printed or written thing: He tore out one of the pages.

a single sheet of paper for writing.

a noteworthy or distinctive event or period: a reign that formed a gloomy page in English history.

Printing. the type set and arranged for a page.

Computers.

a relatively small block of main or secondary storage, up to about 1024 words.
a block of program instructions or data stored in main or secondary storage.
(in word processing) a portion of a document.
web page.

verb (used with object), paged, pag·ing.

to paginate.

to turn pages (usually followed by through): to page through a book looking for a specific passage.

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pagan, pagandom, paganini, paganism, paganize, page, page description language, page printer, page proof, page-jack, page-three

page²

[ peyj ]

/ peɪdʒ /

noun

a boy servant or attendant.

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

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

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

verb (used with object), paged, pag·ing.

to summon formally by calling out the name of repeatedly: He had his father paged in the hotel lobby.

to summon or alert by electronic pager.

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

to attend as a page.

Page

[ peyj ]

/ peɪdʒ /

noun

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

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

page¹

/ (peɪdʒ) /

noun

plural pp one side of one of the leaves of a book, newspaper, letter, etc or the written or printed matter it bearsAbbreviation: p

such a leaf considered as a unitinsert a new page

a screenful of information from a website, teletext service, etc, displayed on a television monitor or visual display unit

an episode, phase, or perioda glorious page in the revolution

printing the type as set up for printing a page

verb

another word for paginate

(intr foll by through) to look through (a book, report, etc); leaf through

page²

/ (peɪdʒ) /

noun

a boy employed to run errands, carry messages, etc, for the guests in a hotel, club, etc

a youth in attendance at official functions or ceremonies, esp weddings

medieval history

a boy in training for knighthood in personal attendance on a knight
a youth in the personal service of a person of rank, esp in a royal householdpage of the chamber

(in the US) an attendant at Congress or other legislative body

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

verb (tr)

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

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

to act as a page to or attend as a page

Page

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Sir Earle (Christmas Grafton). 1880–1961, Australian statesman; co-leader, with S. M. Bruce, of the federal government of Australia (1923–29)

Sir Frederick Handley. 1885–1962, English pioneer in the design and manufacture of aircraft

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