PAGE


Meaning of PAGE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ peɪdʒ ]

( pages, paging, paged)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

A page is one side of one of the pieces of paper in a book, magazine, or newspaper. Each page usually has a number printed at the top or bottom.

Where’s your book? Take it out and turn to page 4.

...the front page of the Guardian.

...1,400 pages of top-secret information.

N-COUNT : oft N num

2.

The pages of a book, magazine, or newspaper are the pieces of paper it consists of.

He turned the pages of his notebook...

Over the page you can read all about the six great books on offer.

N-COUNT

3.

You can refer to an important event or period of time as a page of history. ( LITERARY )

...a new page in the country’s political history.

N-COUNT : with supp

4.

If someone who is in a public place is paged , they receive a message, often over a speaker, telling them that someone is trying to contact them.

He was paged repeatedly as the flight was boarding...

I’ll have them paged and tell them you’re here.

VERB : be V-ed , have n V-ed

5.

A page is a young person who takes messages or does small jobs for members of the United States Congress or state legislatures. ( AM )

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