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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

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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James will be hosting open houses on as many Saturdays as she can, posting updates on the Griffith merry-go-round project Instagram page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Among the changes: letting guests reserve now and pay later, adding hotels, and a redesigned home page and app.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

"There are no words that can truly describe the heartbreak and devastation his parents, sisters and our whole family are experiencing," Jones said on the fundraiser page.

From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2026

A warning from the Governor of the Bank of England not to "risk repeat of Truss chaos" heads up the Daily Telegraph's front page ahead of the Budget.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

She fills page after page of her yellow lined legal pad.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

The company said it will also enhance its Page Match feature, allowing users to switch easily from a print or digital book to its audio version.

From Barron's ● Oct. 7, 2026

Student Maisie Page arrived in Falmouth for university a week ago.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

“After reviewing your appeal, your Page Catch One has been restored,” the service’s email read.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“The only way I know that is it doesn’t get like a gazillion views, but I’m in the Daily Mail and Page Six pretty much every two weeks,” she noted.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

By the time she arrived at Page Street, it was nearly noon.

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

One paged titled "the most ridiculous things" is filled with plenty of wacky ideas to inspire creatives.

From BBC ● Jan. 23, 2026

The office clerk went over the house rules, paged through a sheaf of papers for him to sign and peppered him with questions, some superficial and others deep.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 2024

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

From Slate ● Nov. 16, 2023

I said a prayer of thanks and paged through them.

From "Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World" by Malala Yousafzai

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

“This looks so good,” she says, paging through.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 18, 2023

I kept swiping, paging through one video after another like a person possessed.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 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

I see her look at the cover of my eyeball journal, and I hope she won’t start paging through it.

From "A Good Kind of Trouble" by Lisa Moore Ramée

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