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page¹

  • /peɪd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -eɪdʒ

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Middle French page, from Latin pāgina, from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ-. Doublet of pagina.

noun pages

  1. One of the many pieces of paper bound together within a book or similar document. The book which he was reading had 213 pages.
  2. One side of a paper leaf in a bound document.
  3. figuratively A collective memory; noteworthy event; memorable episode. a page from history
  4. The type set up for printing a page.
  5. A screenful of text and possibly other content; especially, the digital simulation of one side of a paper leaf. To view man pages for a command: Type man followed by the name of the command (for example, man ls), and press Return. […] To view the next page: Press Spacebar. The manual advances one page […].
  6. Internet A web page.
  7. A block of contiguous memory of a fixed length.
  8. abbreviation, clipping Clipping of memory page.memory page

verb pages · paging · paged

  1. transitive To mark or number the pages of, as a book or manuscript.
  2. intransitive, often To turn several pages of a publication. The patient paged through magazines while he waited for the doctor.
  3. transitive To furnish with folios.

page²

  • /peɪd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -eɪdʒ

Where it comes from

From Old French page, possibly via Italian paggio, from Medieval Latin pagius (“servant”), probably from Ancient Greek παιδίον (paidíon, “boy, lad”), from παῖς (paîs, “child”); some sources consider this unlikely and suggest instead Latin pagus (“countryside”), in sense of "boy from the rural regions". Used in English from the 13th century onwards.

noun pages

  1. historical A serving boy; a youth attending a person of high degree, especially at courts, often as a position of honor and education.
  2. UK A youth employed for doing errands, waiting on the door, and similar service in households.
  3. Canada, US A boy or girl employed to wait upon the members of a legislative body.
  4. An employee whose main purpose is to replace materials that have either been checked out or otherwise moved, back to their shelves.
  5. A contrivance, such as a band, pin, snap, or the like, to hold the skirt of a woman’s dress from the ground.
  6. A track along which pallets carrying newly molded bricks are conveyed to the hack.
  7. dated A message sent to someone's pager. Before he could bring it down, the pager clipped to his belt went off. […] If you were a lawyer or a business executive, maybe you could afford to ignore your pages for a while, but when you were a County Sheriff—and one who was elected rather than appointed—there wasn't much question about prioriti
  8. Any one of several species of colorful South American moths of the genus Urania.

verb pages · paging · paged

  1. transitive To attend (someone) as a page. Will these moist trees […]page thy heels
  2. US, obsolete, transitive To call or summon (someone).
  3. dated, transitive To contact (someone) by means of a pager or other mobile device. I'll be out all day, so page me if you need me.
  4. transitive To call (somebody) using a public address system to find them. An SUV parked me in. Could you please page its owner?

Page³

  • /peɪd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -eɪdʒ

Where it comes from

From page.

proper noun Pages · Paige

  1. countable An English and Scottish surname originating as an occupation for someone who was a servant. Ellen Page gives a star-making performance as a 16-year-old live wire who decides to go through with her pregnancy and seeks acceptably well-adjusted, wealthy, punk-rock loving parents for the unborn baby.
  2. countable, rare, uncountable A male given name transferred from the surname.
  3. alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of Paige; A female given name.Paige
  4. countable, uncountable A city in Coconino County, Arizona.
  5. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in York Township, Steuben County, Indiana.
  6. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Nokomis community, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  7. countable, uncountable A township in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota.
  8. countable, uncountable A village in Holt County, Nebraska.
  9. countable, uncountable A minor city and township in Cass County, North Dakota.
  10. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Le Flore County, Oklahoma.
  11. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Buchanan County, Virginia.
  12. countable, uncountable A census-designated place and coal town in Fayette County, West Virginia, named after William Nelson Page.
  13. countable, uncountable A ghost town in King County, Washington.
  14. countable, uncountable A suburb of Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia.
  15. abbreviation, countable, ellipsis, uncountable Ellipsis of Page County.Page County
  16. countable, uncountable An electoral division in New South Wales, Australia.

Page⁴

  • /peɪd͡ʒ/

Rhymes with -eɪdʒ

Where it comes from

From French Pagé.

proper noun Pages

  1. A surname from French.

PAGE⁵

Rhymes with -eɪdʒ

noun

  1. abbreviation, acronym, uncountable Acronym of polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis

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