page
/peɪdʒ/
noun
- One side of a sheet of paper in a book, magazine, or document.
- The article is on page five of the newspaper.
- She turned to the next page of her novel.
- Please read pages ten through twenty for homework.
- A sheet of paper that forms part of a book, magazine, or document (including both sides).
- He scribbled a note on a blank page.
- A few pages were torn out of the old diary.
- The book has over three hundred pages.
- A section of a website that can be viewed on a screen.
- The homepage is the most visited page on the site.
- She updated her profile page with a new photo.
- Click the link to open a new page.
- A young attendant or servant, especially in a hotel or a royal court.
- In medieval times, a page was a young boy training to be a knight.
- The page escorted the guests to their rooms.
- The hotel page carried the luggage to the elevator.
verb
- To call someone by name over a public address system or by sending a message to a pager.
- They paged her over the airport speakers.
- The doctor was paged for an emergency.
- Please page Mr. Smith to the front desk.
- To summon or contact someone using a pager device.
- The nurse paged the on-call physician.
- In the 1990s, people often paged each other instead of texting.
- He paged his assistant to bring the files.
- To turn the pages of a book or magazine, especially in a quick or casual way.
- He paged idly through the photo album.
- She paged through the magazine while waiting.
- I paged ahead to see how the story ended.