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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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  Page

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

page

¹ American  

[peyj] / 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  

[peyj] / 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  

[peyj] / 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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page Page paged paging

And the best part was, I finally felt like the true author of what would be written on the next page.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

The source of his bewildering restraint becomes a mystery concealed on every page.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026

Skiendiel shared a similar message to her Instagram page on Thursday.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

A loss you don’t sell is just a number on a page.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 27, 2026

The remaining pieces of the ripped page grew out of the spine like a jagged mountain range.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova

Thursday’s initial responses to “Megxit II: Montecito’s Revenge,” as the Page Six newsletter branded the move, were typically caustic.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Staff betting could been seen by the public “as improper,” Page said he told his staff, “ which would undermine trust in the integrity of the election.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026

Page could now become the latest Leicester prospect that leaves the club after forward Jeremy Monga, 17, joined Manchester City.

From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2026

Then I noticed a footprint that I didn’t make, at least not directly, had crept back up onto Page 1 of the search results.

From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026

In the City, the palace winked at them between buildings as they drove toward the Page Street mansion.

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 OB resident escalated to her senior, who paged her attending and the anesthesiologist on call.

From Slate ● Nov. 26, 2023

Davis has devotedly taken care of these binders and scrapbooks over the years, she said, as we paged through a few in a quiet booth at a New York diner.

From New York Times ● May 9, 2023

But though Ash paged through the entire journal, she never found out who he was.

From "Ash" by Malinda Lo

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

Minutes later, Totorica was paging for an emergency team over the loudspeakers.

From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2024

“As far as I know, they chose to ignore all of it,” she said Wednesday after paging through the report.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2023

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

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2023

I hear chat­ter, muted sobbing, sniffling, someone moaning, someone else sighing, elevator doors opening with a bing, the operator paging someone in Urdu.

From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini

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